Most likely but that's besides the point, you can have proper elections AND watch out for people's safety.
Saying Bernie should drop out because of this is just working backwards from wanting Biden to win.
If Sanders had an electoral path, things would be different. Or if were in normal circumstances and things were the same, with him having no path but choosing to stay in anyway, that would ultimately also be fine. It would just be politics as usual. Annoying, but fine, and absolutely his right.
But as things stand, he has no path. That doesn't change if he stays in. No matter how long he stays in, the result will be the same and he'll end up having the concede to Biden all the same. He just doesn't have a path.
Normally, that would just be annoying, but absolutely would be his right.
But these aren't normal circumstances. There's a global pandemic happening right now. No matter how long Sanders stays in, the result will be the same. He simply has no chance of winning. There's no path.
All him staying in does is put more people at risk of infection, and will not change that truth, that he will end up having to concede to Biden eventually all the same, in any way.
Under normal circumstances, people might be able to squabble either way as to the politics and optics for it and whether it's worth it or not, with it just being a personal opinion thing and it ultimately not mattering in the end, either way, whatsoever.
But these are not not normal circumstances, at all. COVID-19 is already a pandemic and unfortunately the most likely scenario is that it gets worse in the coming weeks, not better.
Now normally, things might be different. But under these kind of circumstances, with Biden's delegate lead already being what it is, with polls in upcoming states being what they are, with Sanders just having no path and only falling further and further behind in terms of delegates... How can that be said to be worth it, putting people at risk like that?
Normally, I'd at least be willing to hear the "let people have their say, especially since it doesn't really matter if people stick in or not because that doesn't typically affect anything in the end." But under these circumstances? What would be the point of Sanders staying in? What would be accomplished, and can it truly be said to be worth it, putting people at risk like that at all, when the result won't change at all, and the writing's on the wall regardless? Is that really worth it?
I'm just not sure I can say that at this point, at all, myself. It seems a very hard case to make at this point to me, seeing the necessity of taking that risk at all, whatsoever, when it's so easily avoidable.
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