Biden is a shittie candidate.
Ummm.... why? And compared to whom?
(Assuming your goal is to see Trump defeated.)
Lets compare Biden with Sanders:
- Currently, in head-to-head matchups, Biden beats Trump by 6.4%... Sanders beats Trump by 5%. Both are polling better than Trump, but Biden has a slight advantage. (Even when the Democratic field was more crowded, Biden usually had the best polling numbers among Democratic candidates.)
- Biden appears to be polling very well among minorities (a group that heavily supported Obama, but sometimes sat out of the 2016 election.)
- On average, moderate candidates tend to do better during elections than more 'extreme' politicians (both because they can appeal to middle-of-the-road voters, and because they tend to depress people voting for the opposition.)
- He appeals well to older voters who, like it or not, are more reliable voters than younger ones.
Now, I admit, I do dislike Biden's age, and I'm sure the Republicans will certainly attack him on that. But then, the only other Candidate with any real support is Sanders, and he's got a ton of skeletons in his closet too.
Overall, I probably would have preferred someone like Booker, or Klobuchar, or even Warren... but Biden does appear to be well-positioned to take on Trump.