Here's where I get stuck with this. I'm not sure how to phrase this, so my apologies in advance if it's clumsy.
Black voters, especially those who are older, overwhelmingly poll for Biden again and again. I don't love him (he's currently my number 5 or 6 depending on who is still in the race,) and I would love to see a younger, non-male, non-white candidate in the general. But, it also feels super wrong for me to discount the voices of the very people who have been some of the most reliable supporters of the Democratic party for years. In trying to turn out one group (young progressives who, as we learned in the last election are not necessarily "vote blue no matter who"- see my students who voted for Johnson once Biden was out or just didn't vote-) we could also be alienating another group (who, if 2016 shows, won't switch their votes to R, but just won't turn out- black women who voted did so overwhelmingly for Clinton, but their turnout went from 9% to about 7% of the electorate in 2016.)
interesting-- I didn't know this because I refuse to look at a poll ever again after 2016, and 538 can jump in the lake too. But I appreciate you sharing. I don't know how to feel about progressives, honestly. As a voting block, I imagine their frustration. As individuals, they are just awful people. So I don't know what to do besides give them their way, but I'm not sure all aspects of their way are solidified.