What are Compelling Reasons to Support Biden Beyond Opposition to Trump in the Election?
Have you ever wondered why people support Biden for president besides just being against Trump? Let’s explore some reasons why voting for Biden might be a good choice:
Experience and Qualifications:
– Biden’s extensive experience as Vice President under Obama gives him valuable insights into governance.
– He has a long history in the Senate, showcasing his legislative abilities and policy-making skills.
Unity and Healing:
– Biden emphasizes unity and bringing people together, which is essential in today’s divided political climate.
– His message of healing and moving forward resonates with many Americans seeking a leader who can bridge the divides in the country.
Policy Proposals:
– Biden has proposed policies on healthcare, climate change, and economic recovery that address pressing issues facing the nation.
– His plans for COVID-19 response and racial justice reforms have received attention and support from various communities.
Character and Empathy:
– Many voters appreciate Biden’s empathy and compassion, qualities they believe are essential in a leader.
– His personal struggles and resilience make him relatable to voters facing challenges in their own lives.
By considering these factors beyond the opposition to Trump, you can make an informed decision on why supporting Biden might be the right choice for you. #Biden #Election2020 #VoteWisely #BeyondNotTrump
Basic decency. Belief in the common good. Supporting human rights and equality. Preserving our democracy. Fiscal policies that are *actually* responsible as opposed to deliberate “starve the beast” fiscal irresponsibility and yet another round of tax cut for the super-rich. Support for labor. Not being a racist piece of garbage.
Just off the top of my head.
I only need one. He believes in the peaceful transition of power.
Well Biden has accomplished an incredible amount since he took office. He’s also the most progressive president in years.
There is a lot of complaints about America and how it’s a two-party system where everything stays the same. Biden is showing that shit can get done in America. I feel like that’s big.
– IRA
– CHIPS Act
– student debt forgiveness
– price limitations on insulin
Man has dedicated his life to governance in this country. He authored the violence against women’s act. He has just been a public servant on many fronts.
People just ignore the important of competence in these positions. Like a politician is just a pile of positions, and not an employee who has to do a job. Biden is an expert at doing the job of governance.
He came into office at a ridiculous time. With the pandemic mismanaged and inflation out of control. Inflation reduction act has our inflation much better than most of the world. Reinvestment in infrastructure domestically has helped unemployment remain low.
What performance measures would we consider here? Employment, stock market, inflation, even deficit, are all better off than when he came in. And employment and stock market are doing even better than in the years prior to the pandemic.
He is navigating foreign wars without starting wwIII yet, while maintaining critical western alliances.
He’s not a leftist. He’s a centrist. Always has been. And that’s how he’s governing. Some people will see centrists as a terrible disaster. But in elections you have to choose between choices.
I think too many people think that voting for people who are going to run the country is a personality contest or just based on knee jerk “feeling” and innuendo instead of really knowing the about the candidate and how to discern responsible information from propaganda. Biden’s accomplishments have been monumental in terms of salvaging elements of the economy and trying to establish equity–but, sure, challenges to quality of life in America persist, most are complicated and not Biden’s “fault.” Much, in fact, has to do with people who doggedly support politicians who push policies that are against their best interests (because “owning the libs” or something).
Ageism and Biden’s lack of being an orator have got people deciding to sit out the election or vote third party. And too many others somehow think that the now usually incoherent babble uttered by Trump-the-Martyr –who has clearly stated that he intends to emulate third world dictators if elected and has a plan for it (Project 2025)–is sensible.
Democrats can admit when their candidate is shit, but the lesser of two evils. We know it’s a two party system and this is not the election to try and vote third party. It IS throwing your vote away. Maybe when the fight isn’t between two people like trump and Biden Democrats will vote for someone who will actually do some good.
Honestly one of the things that I like most about Biden is that many of his supporters constantly criticize him, in contrast to trump supporters who seem to view the orange menace as some sort of god. Politicians only work for us if we hold them accountable.
1 or 2 SCOTUS seats could be replaced in the next four years.
Conservative Justices Clarence Thomas, 75, and Samuel Alito, 73, could retire or kick the bucket.
The reason that you’re mostly hearing about “Trump is worse” is that to any people who are slightly left of center and paying attention, Trump is such an apocalyptic option that whoever the other front runner is should earn your vote simply by not being the worst president we’ve had in 100+ years.
I think the biggest reason to vote for Biden is that as President he’s done the boring work that people say they want presidents to do, but which we are bad at rewarding them for doing. A signature accomplishment of Biden’s presidency is an enormous infrastructure bill he passed with bipartisan support. The benefits of a bill like that take time, and mostly involve construction in the short term. When problems arise, his instinct is bipartisanship.
Project 2025 is the main reason to vote for Biden over trump. If trump is elected and it goes into effect this experiment is over
1. Signed the $1.2 trillion bipartisan **infrastructure package** to increase investment in the national network of bridges and roads, airports, public transport and national broadband internet, as well as waterways and energy systems.
2. The **CHIPS and Science Ac**t, signed by President Biden in August 2022, is a $280 billion package aimed at boosting U.S. semiconductor manufacturing and sharpening the country’s edge in military technology and manufacturing ¹ ². The act has already sparked $200 billion in private investments for U.S. semiconductor production ¹. The Biden administration has promised tens of billions of dollars to support construction of U.S. chip foundries and reduce reliance on Asian suppliers, which Washington sees as a security weakness ².
3. Signed the **Bipartisan Safer Communities Act** that created enhanced background checks, closed the “boyfriend” loophole and provided funds for youth mental health.
4. Made a $369 billion investment in **climate change**, the largest in American history, through the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.
5. **Student Loan Forgiveness**: In 2022, the administration announced a plan to cancel up to $20,000 in federal student loan debt for millions of borrowers, though this faced legal challenges.
After others have answered your question, can I ask why “not Trump” isn’t enough?
The infrastructure bill was a huge piece of bipartisan legislation Biden got through. Even politicians who voted against it tried to take advantage of its positive effects after the fact.
The Chips Act was another big piece of popular legislation.
Capping the price of insulin has been a good one.
Unemployment has been relatively low and wage growth has been relatively high.
Student loan forgiveness.
New pro worker laws like the end of non-competes and more fair overtime compensation rules.
His consistency in supporting the Ukraine and building an international coalition of support.
While inflation is still too high, the US has actually reduced it faster than the rest of the western world.
Even after last week’s brutal sell off the stock market has largely crushed it under Biden.
Passed emergency COVID aid.
Infrastructure reform.
Landmark climate change legislation.
The CHIPs Act boosting US manufacturing.
Student debt relief.
Appointed the nation’s first African-American woman to the Supreme Court.
Inflation has come way down.
The US has experienced the best post-Covid economy of any advanced industrial country.
You’re not just voting for president. You’re voting for all the people that he’ll bring into cabinet positions plus other spots.
A lot of the things that are good about Biden are the stuff that you’ll never hear about because they’re small and not very interesting despite helping lots of people.
Like the [Burden Reduction Initiative](https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/information-regulatory-affairs/burden-reduction-initiative/) which basically seeks to streamline government paperwork and application processes, or the additional funding for [Housing Choice Vouchers](https://www.hud.gov/press/press_releases_media_advisories/hud_no_23_186#:~:text=Housing%20Choice%20Vouchers%20are%20a,to%20address%20rising%20living%20costs.) that had “awarded more than 100,000 new housing vouchers to help more families afford a healthy, stable place to rent.”
A lot of the actual major and interesting stuff a president can do is locked behind Congress passing a bill first so that’s why a lot of the examples you can see are about that and also why you don’t see more. Biden has a lot of great listed policies, very few ever actually make it in the House and Senate..
There’s a pretty decent chance the next president gets 1 or 2 SCOTUS picks. Thomas and Alito are 75 and 74.
I like who Biden would nominate.
I support progressive policies. To see those policies implemented, I need the DNC to have control of the House, Senate and Presidency. I don’t agree with all of Biden’s policies and decisions, but on average, I agree with far more of them than any Republican candidate.
Here’s the thing about democrats. We don’t need to worship or fangirl over our political candidates to support them in order to vote for them to achieve our goals of social justice, social safety nets, stronger economy, bodily autonomy, and a strong middle class. I’d vote for a President I _hated_ as a person, if it meant that policies that promote my political goals get enacted.
Many people give great answers in this thread, but I’d like to add that it seems that Biden is genuinely concerned about global warming.
Biden does the job, and things get slowly better. He doesn’t piss off allies. He doesn’t incur massive future costs. He doesn’t blow a hole in the ship to show how awesome his new toy is.
Inflation has been less in the US than most other countries. Gas prices aren’t through the roof. People who had predatory student loans have mostly had that forgiven. Unemployment is way down, and stable. We’re no longer in a pandemic, and let the scientists make the science decisions. He strengthened gun control, and/but did it in a way that didn’t piss gun owners off. LGBTQ people have more protections of their marriages. We got two decent Supreme Court justices that don’t have questionable records? We’re still strong against Al Quaeda and ISIS, which ain’t bad. There was the pardon of all nonviolent marijuana inmates. There was a push towards police accountability/a national database to track this, no more chokeholds, and strong restrictions on no-knock warrants. There’s been nearly a hundred executive orders pushing for enviromental improvements. Support for Ukraine, which constrains Russia in a way that keeps us outta WWIII, while keeping NATO strong. And more people have healthcare than have ever had healthcare before.
All of this was done in a boring way, almost all of it was bipartisan, and we’re better for it.
This is a list of what he has done during his term and what he wants to do next term if re-elected.
Biden proposed and signed and not one Republican voted for we finally beat Big Pharma!
Instead of paying $400 a month for insulin seniors with diabetes only have to pay $35 a month!
Biden wants to cap the cost of insulin at $35 a month for every American who needs it!
Biden got it done and gave Medicare the power to negotiate lower prices for prescription drugs just like the VA does for our veterans.
That’s not just saving seniors money.
It’s saving taxpayers money cutting the federal deficit by $160 Billion because Medicare will no longer have to pay exorbitant prices to Big Pharma.
Now it’s time to go further and give Medicare the power to negotiate lower prices for 500 drugs over the next decade.
That will not only save lives it will save taxpayers another $200 Billion!
Biden already cut the federal deficit by over one trillion dollars.
Biden signed a bipartisan budget deal that will cut another trillion dollars over the next decade.
And now it’s his goal to cut the federal deficit $3 trillion more by making big corporations and the very wealthy finally pay their fair share.
Under his plan nobody earning less than $400,000 will pay an additional penny in federal taxes.
In 2020 55 of the biggest companies in America made $40 Billion in profits and paid zero in federal income taxes.
Thanks to the law Bide wrote and signed big companies now have to pay a minimum of 15%.
But that’s still less than working people pay in federal taxes.
You know what the average federal tax rate for these billionaires is? 8.2 percent!
That’s far less than the vast majority of Americans pay.
No billionaire should pay a lower tax rate than a teacher, a sanitation worker, a nurse!
That’s why Biden proposed a minimum tax of 25% for billionaires. Just 25%.
That would raise $500 Billion over the next 10 years.
The result was a bipartisan bill with the toughest set of border security reforms we’ve ever seen in this country.
That bipartisan deal would hire 1,500 more border security agents and officers.
100 more immigration judges to help tackle a backload of 2 million cases.
4,300 more asylum officers and new policies so they can resolve cases in 6 months instead of 6 years.
100 more high-tech drug detection machines to significantly increase the ability to screen and stop vehicles from smuggling fentanyl into America
The Border Patrol Union endorsed the bill.
The Chamber of Commerce endorsed the bill.
Now, through Biden’s American Rescue Plan, which every Republican voted against, Bidem made the largest investment in public safety ever.
Last year, the murder rate saw the sharpest decrease in history, and violent crime fell to one of the lowest levels in more than 50 years.
https://apnews.com/article/state-of-union-transcript-biden-2024-e84f5134e5201987eb441629aef5240c
1. President Biden fought for and signed the American Rescue Plan which protected workers’ pensions, provided funding to communities and businesses devastated by COVID-19, lowered or eliminated insurance premiums for millions of lower- and middle-income families, provided funds for affordable housing, provided money for public safety and crime reduction, provided support to small business, expanded food assistance programs in homes and schools, expanded child care programs, invested in mental health and health care centers, added $40 billion for investing in American workers, provided funding to the economies of tribal nations, and supported families with children. Child poverty has already been cut in half as a result of his efforts.
2. He signed a $1 trillion infrastructure bill to repair our roads, waterways, bridges and railroads, and bring high-speed internet to rural communities. Also included is money for public transit and airports, electric vehicles and low emission public transportation, power infrastructure, and clean water.
3. Biden signed the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act. This law provides incentives for states to pass red flag laws, expands the law that prevents people convicted of domestic abuse from gun ownership, expands background checks on young people between 18 and 21 who want to buy a gun, and allocates funds for the mental health of young people.
4. He instituted an executive order raising standards for law enforcement agencies, with particular emphasis on use-of-force policies, availability of body cameras, and recruitment and retention of officers.
5. He brought the unemployment rate down to a low of 3.5%, matching the lowest rate before the pandemic. It has now climbed a bit to 3.8%, but this compares very favorably to the rates of other countries throughout the world. Biden’s administration has added 13.2 million jobs since he came into office, replacing all of the jobs that were lost at the beginning of the COVID pandemic. Today there are more people in America working today than ever before!
6. He signed a bill to help veterans who have long been suffering from the effects of burn pits.
7. Biden ended the war in Afghanistan, the longest war in U.S. history. Over 120,000 people were safely evacuated, double the number calculated by the most optimistic experts.
8. He has steadfastly supported Ukraine after this democratic country was unjustly invaded by Putin and Russia, and has successfully led the free world by lobbying NATO and other allies to add their financial and military support.
9. He signed the Inflation Reduction Act, making health insurance plans more affordable, lowering drug costs, preventing millions of Americans from losing their Affordable Care Act insurance, and requiring Medicare to negotiate the cost of 10 high-cost prescription drugs.
10. Biden signed the CHIPS and Science Act, providing funding to produce semiconductor chips for automobiles, cellphones, laptops, gaming consoles, washing machines, etc. here in the Unites States rather than continuing to rely on China.
11. His administration has provided over $369 million to reduce greenhouse emissions by 40% in the next seven years and promote clean energy technologies, moving our country to greater self-sufficiency in energy production.
12. He signed the Postal Service Reform Act to modernize and stabilize the U.S. Post Office and also to help it continue to deliver mail six days every week, focusing on on-time delivery.
Other accomplishments include the reestablishment of respect among our allies on the world stage, the Violence Against Women Act, the Respect for Marriage Act, pardoning those convicted of simple marijuana possession, appointing Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson (the first Black woman on the Supreme Court), forgiving certain student loans, and electoral reforms to ensure that election results are not undermined.
https://ballotpedia.org/Joe_Biden%27s_executive_orders_and_actions
Two reasons in the last 24 hours:
1) His appointees just changed a rule that guaranteed time and a half for people making less than ~55k a year. Also they clarified a rule saying that just cause you give someone a manger title doesn’t mean they’re exempt from overtime. IE assistant managers working shifts.
2) his appointee today change a rule saying airlines MUST give you a refund within 7 days of a delayed or cancelled flight if you request it. They also mandated that a delayed flight is anything later than 3 hours domestic or 6 hours international. Taking away the loose definition to however the airlines wanted it to be.
That’s literally 2 game changers. There hundreds more. His administration is generally focused on making things better for the middle and lower class.
Sure, there are the 88 total criminal indictments you’re pretending to be unaware of.
He’s had the best record for labor relations.
Biden has not yet attempted to dismantle democracy. It’s a very low bar this time round.
He’s effective. So far, he’s gotten a lot more done in the realm of progressive policy than I ever expected. This could be a positive or a negative depending on your policy preferences, but for me, it’s a big positive. He seems to really care about his legacy and making good policy for the long-term future rather than what’s convenient and easy in the moment.
The bottom line, if nothing else, is that Biden gives a shit about America and its people, and Trump doesn’t. Trump only cares about himself.
Biden and his party are not hell bent on setting women back 50 years. Every week it’s another state taking away fundamental rights. Another pregnant woman who wants their baby dying in emergency rooms in red states. Another child graped and made to carry a baby. My great aunt died from a back street abortion. She had a family but needed a medical termination or she would die. We need safe medical care for women period. Roevember is coming.
He’s actually passing legislation. Which is remarkable .
If Trump gets back into office, it won’t be a presidency of four years but a dictatorship of his lifetime. The first thing he would do is have his political opponents taken care of. The USSC will be determining his case for immunity, and if they rule, a president has complete immunity that will put him above the law, and everyone that he doesn’t like needs to watch out.
Biden is incredibly pro labor compared to his predecessors.
He’s gotten remarkable amount of major legislative wins, despite an aggressively divided Congress, and major defectors in his own party.
Biden is a pretty effective head of state, even if you don’t like his history of playing to the middle.
A significant difference with this election is AI. With the rate at which it’s currently developing, it’s likely that our society will experience transformative change within the next few years. This could be extremely positive change that will alter virtually every aspect of our lives. But it could also destroy the human race.
This weakens most of the arguments for refusing to play the lesser of two evils game, as having someone mostly competent and sane in charge of the US is more critical now than it has been at any point in the past.
I think most of the more reasonable points for voting for someone other than Biden (third-party candidates) relate to the long-term effects of continuing with our current system, and especially fears that we’ll eventually get someone worse than Trump as dissatisfaction with the status quo continues to grow.
But if we can just manage to stay alive for now, I see things changing dramatically worldwide before the next election. So ‘not Trump’ should be sufficient right now, even for people who would ordinarily see a vote for Biden as an act of complacency that ultimately leaves us on the same downward trajectory.
Biden and Trump being our choices is very sad . But honestly Biden not being Trump is good enough
He had some accomplishments in his first term (infrastructure, chips act), and will likely do some more if elected again. There were some good ideas in Build Back Better that could still be implemented (like improve things for workers in the “care economy”).
He’s also not going to gut the federal government or declare you can’t send medical equipment through the mail.
Women’s rights, environment and the Supreme Court
While we don’t yet know the makeup of of 119th Congress, the current one has 49 and 227 reasons to vote for Biden in the Senate and the house, respectively. The veto is a bulwark against Republican extremism. And while they may not all be considered extremists, you can be sure as shit that they will gladly follow the extremists wherever their MAGA idiocy wants to go.
Educate yourself on what all he has done during his term, which is a lot. Keep it real.
Why does no one notice or realise he’s doing stuff all the damn time? Saw an amendment on my feed just now about something.
The way you all relate to politicians via the major news cycle and ignore everything else is really frustrating.
Actually look it up. Stop dealing in hearsay.
Biden has had plenty of good policies. Some bad ones too, but he’s done surprisingly well and the economy is doing solid under him.
There are two viable candidates for president. One has been indicted on 91 felonies. One hasn’t.
Biden is a worth while vote because he got things done until Trump. The only thing Trump got done was the tax cut. Biden got Infrastructure done.
Oddly enough, people are more likely to show up and vote, if they’re motivated to vote against a candidate, as opposed to just supporting one. Both political sides and their media know this and exploit it to its advantage. It’s why we’ve become so polarized and view the opposite side as either the worst ever, or the end of the world. The comments posted here demonstrate just how effective it really is.
Anyway, I did better financially under Trump. With Biden, I’m on a forced diet, in massive debt, and no longer have any savings. So I’ll vote for any candidate that’s willing to actually address that. So far, biden hasn’t convinced me that it’ll be any different or better. 🤷🏿
To ask this question I think shows a complete lack of comprehension of the current political climate. It’s not just about not liking Trump it’s a legitimate fear that he can and will dismantle civil rights and American democracy. Trump isn’t just an obnoxious politician, he’s an existential threat to the US and Western Europe since he’s pretty much said he’ll let Russia do whatever he wants and won’t back NATO. That’s a scary proposition.
It’s hard to enumerate strengths for Biden because the republicans have done everything they can to stop him from achieving anything, but he has tried to take action on issues with immigration and healthcare. What he HAS DONE is actually advocated for LGBT and Women’s rights as well as voting rights which are under attack everywhere the republicans are in control. He’s pushed for infrastructure improvements and environmental investments. He’s standing up to Russia by supporting Ukraine. And on top of that he seems like a genuinely decent human being, which is FAR from what can be said about Trump. He’s not perfect. He’s not the dream candidate. But he’s experienced and surrounded by competent advisors, which is a much better position to be in than with the Orange madman running the show with his Twitter troll team.
He’s done the best he could with the Congress he had when it comes to environmental legislation.
Could it be better? Yes, but not by much given the support for oil and gas on the Hill.
There is a damn good chance that the next president will get 2 Supreme Court nominations (Thomas and Alito). That could either flip the court or make it hopelessly conservative for decades.