Viewed from a historical perspective, it’s hard to see how the non-incombent didn’t have a really good advantage.
Hindsight can always be 20/20, and think a Buttigieg/Kelly ticket would have done a bit better. Buttigieg has been in charge of infrastructure, which I believe has been well run. He’s from the rust belt, and is more familiar with the working class vs the candidate with California Progressive with a DA background.
Ultimately though, I think the fault lies with the Democratic Party hijacking the primary process.
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