I wouldn't disagree that at some points Biden was more popular than Sanders during the campaign. Not going to read the chart but thanks for the offer. I'm worried it'll lead to a pie chart fight anyhow.

That's not so say that I wasn't paying attention, as I'm sure you were Perisota.

Biden had BIG amplitude during the campaign. Meaning he had the widest spread in being up then being down. He was getting shopped thru out the campaign. Other candidates were being spun at various times and received the media bump or wilted in the glare.

Kamala, Warren Beto and the office rat all had their turn and flamed out.

Only Sanders had the grind going on. His chart, over time, had consistent gain. He needed to hammer it before he ran out of runway.

Spot on about the tilt in the primaries toward party brand. I posted about this annoyingly often and the various gate keeping going on. Even now they're trying to get the Green Party thrown off the ballot in Pennsylvania.

Limit consumer choice I suppose...