Rporter - Electability. When parties choose a candidate, electability should be taken into consideration. Before one can govern, first one must win an election. Electability can change over time; it can change depending on the situation and circumstances of the time the election takes place. Also, what the voters are looking for in a candidate, that too can change. Charisma also plays a large part in determining who wins and losses. Obama had charisma, he won twice, Bill Clinton had charisma, he won twice, Reagan had charisma, he won twice. Ford didn’t, he lost to Carter who in turn lost to Mr. Charisma Reagan. G.H.W. Bush was very competent, experienced, but lacked charisma, he lost to a charismatic Bill Clinton. Trump was obnoxious, rude and uncouth, he lost to Biden. Biden didn’t have any charisma, but folks were sick and tired of Trump childish antic like name calling and throwing of temper tantrums along with his 3rd grade schoolyard bullying tactics. It’s all about how the voter sees, views the candidates, their perspectives of the candidates. No matter how qualified, how experienced, how good a president one could be, if that person isn’t electable, he’s going to lose. This is democracy in action.
Clinton and Trump were both big turnoffs back in 2016. 25% of all Americans disliked and didn’t want neither. Result, low voter turnout, high third-party vote from those who did vote. The deciders, independents, 54% didn’t like nor want neither one. Many independents decided to stay home in 2016 came out to vote in 2020. 12% of independents who did vote, voted for Johnson, Stein or some other third-party candidate, they voted against both Trump and Clinton.
https://news.gallup.com/opinion/pol...ans-dislike-presidential-candidates.aspxOne must look at the entire electorate, not just how the party stalwarts view their candidate. The entire electorate to see if a candidate is electable. One needs to get their perspectives of the candidates. But with today’s modern primary system, usually neither major party does that. The Democrats did take into consideration the entire electorate in 2020 with their choice of Biden. But that was the Democrats sole objective, goal, defeating Trump. Biden was pretty much everyone’s second choice but recognized as a fairly safe bet to beat Trump in 2020. That could be seen by everyone except Trump supporters. Hillary Clinton wasn’t electable in the eyes of the deciders, swing voters, independents. She wasn’t her husband. Her husband would have trounced Trump by 15 points in a landslide victory in 2016. Bill probably could do so again this year. Bill has that type of personality and charisma that non-affiliated voters love. Hillary’s personality was the type that was very easy to dislike among the election deciders, independents. If you don’t think personality plays a huge role in elections especially among swing voters, then you don’t know much about elections. Notice I didn’t say politics, I said elections.
