Biden in June: Popular but Disconnected
June 11, 2019·0 comments·et election index
Biden leads in polls while his narrative drifts further from what voters actually care about. The media isn't attacking his ideas so much as treating him as a measuring stick for other candidates. This creates a dangerous gap: frontrunner status doesn't guarantee narrative relevance.
- Biden's media coverage orbits around other candidates, not his own platform. Articles measuring whether candidates can "close the gap with Biden" define his narrative more than articles about his actual proposals or vision.
- The issues dominating the 2020 election conversation are ones where Biden is least naturally positioned.Socialism, the Green New Deal, and racial equity narratives have become the election's core, pushing centrist candidates toward unfamiliar territory.
- His few genuine narrative strengths exist in isolation. The consensus that Biden can win Black voters stands apart from broader election coverage, not integrated into a larger story about his candidacy.
- Even his campaign corrections aren't reshaping the underlying problem. Flipping positions on the Hyde Amendment or declaring Trump an existential threat addresses media narratives about him, not narratives he controls.
- A candidate can be numerically strong while narratively vulnerable to erosion. If media continues defining the election around issues where Biden doesn't naturally fit, his polling advantage becomes an asset disconnected from the actual campaign conversation.
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