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SecretBase posted...

Higher, and for a specific reason.

Biden's initially high favorability was composed in part by moderates. Moderates are notoriously easy to lose. And Biden lost them when his withdrawal from Afghanistan boosted the Taliban. Then he lost progressives with his Israel policy.

Bernie's supporters weren't the type to concern themselves with world policing to begin with, so the complaining would mostly come from people who were never supporting him at all. His initial favorability would remain.

So in this hypothetical world, Bernie has a strong backing by people who are firmly left in the country, while alienating moderates to the point they can't be won back, thus guaranteeing a Republican win next time over?

But yeah, if you're asking me straight up, it's really hard to hypothesize what chain of events would have taken place. My inclination, though, is to think that Bernie is at no better a standpoint, and very likely a worse one due to his inability to work with a divided government, as compared to the situation we have currently. The only benefit is that maybe concern trolls don't have as much fodder to work with in dividing the left, though they would instead be hammering moderates over the head with Bernie's agenda of turning us into a socialist country or whatever.

Too bad I can't vote in this poll though because both "no" options are very inadequate at recognizing any of this.