Trump is not beating Obama dog. His opponents have been with women. Remember a lot of people in the middle didn’t even vote in this election if Obama runs he’s getting a lot of those votes 90 million people didn’t go to the polls in 2024 he’s atleast getting 20 million of those votes. Which is more than enough to beat Trump.
Besides they have already done hypothetical polls and Obama has won them.
There are several articles and studies on Obama voters from 2008 to 2012 that jumped to Trump in 2016. Obama would not get any of those voters back. They are too racially broken, diehard Trump supporters and actually hate Obama now. Obama himself even acknowledged that in places where he won such as Iowa, in today's environment he would not be able to go in those towns and talk to people.
Trump also has white women on lock. The white women that supported Obama and went to Trump ain't coming back to Obama either.
Trump has the largest black male support for a Republican in many decades. Obama would NOT have the same black male support that he had in 2008 and 2012. Too much ignorance and too many irrational idiots out there that would make excuses for not voting for Obama, or say why they are voting for Trump.
Young people would not be a guarantee for Obama anymore. Trump single handedly erased Obama's legacy of increased young voter participation. Those young voters are Trump supporters now.
Only a white man could defeat Trump.
Bill Clinton remained relevant after he left office. He still had the contacts with voters and donors who got him into office. There were still judges and officials in offices that he had installed/nominated them for.
Still had relationships with other former/current world leaders
And he was extremely popular in the mainstream to people who otherwise didnt follow politics.
The exact same things are true about Barack Obama. And unlike Clinton, his VP became the next president.....which extended his influence even further.
In terms of stumping for candidates in the 11th hour, which is what this thread is about, he is absolutely relevant.
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*Also fukk twitter. Every full or snippet video is available on different platforms.
Clinton passed the torch to Obama at the 2012 DNC convention with his great speech. That was the height of Clinton's relevance. He was no longer relevant by the time 2016 came around.
Obama has zero influence on election outcomes. Him campaigning for people does not help the candidate. Nobody gives a fukk what he says except Democrats in the audience. That's why he's not relevant. He's just a guy that the Democrat base still likes.
Meanwhile, Trump actually does have influence over some election outcomes.