ps. Why it matters? Because USA just had long weird cycle, of people's 'official' preferences being mere performances.
Disconnected from reality, disconnected from people's own feelings.
It's what libs do.
Do you remember Brat summer? I remember Brat summer. It was genuinely amazing. One of the most bizarre mass psychological phenomena I've ever seen.
Before a clock-spring popped out of Joe Biden's forehead on live TV [ed: July debate], Kamala Harris was the least popular vice president in recent US history. There were a lot of reasons for this, but I think the big ones are these:
First, she was already deeply unpopular. 0% primary polls, remember, before she became the VP.
Secondly, she'd done absolutely nothing with the position except emit strange and incomprehensible bromides whenever she opened her mouth.
But as soon as she became the candidate, despite nothing about her actually changing, her approval ratings skyrocketed.
It turns out that all you have to do is tell the Democratic base that they ought to like someone and they'll just start liking her. [ed: or pretend to]