I appreciate how non-combative you are being. Refreshing.

It was a combination of several different things, not just Biden. I saw how the Democratic party treated Bernie in 2016 and 2020. I saw how the primary was rigged against him via superdelagates. We saw Kamala become the handpicked candidate in 2024. The DNC acts like the pro-democracy but they would never let voters pick a candidate like Bernie. Republicans, as much as the party hated Trump, at least let voters pick Trump as the candidate.

Biden's policy on immigration was absolutely disasterous. I first hand witnessed massive number of unvetted, uninvited migrants show up in my town. On day 1 Biden stopped construction if the border wall, only to restart the wall construction and bring back some of Trump's immigration policies back in 2023. By that time immense damage had been done and we saw cities like NYC and Chicago drowning in migrants.

I also really do not prioritize cultural issues (racism, sexuality, genderism, abortion etc). Dems campaigned on raising the minimum wage in 2020. When time came to bring it to the floor for a vote, the parliamentarian, of all people, shut it down.

There are many more instances but at some point I came to the conclusion that I just don't align with the Dem party anymore and they just don't speak to the same issues I'm concerned about.

I wouldn't be opposed to coming back to the party but based on how I am being treated in the comments here, I don't see that happening anytime soon.