If they held an actual primary, where voters could democratically choose their candidate, then neither of them would have made it to the election and we could have enthusiastically voted in a better leader.

Instead, we were told to accept the chosen corporate shill or face the annihilation of our system of government. At this point many voters just gave up, and it showed with lower turnout for both parties compared to the previous election.

Democrats, especially Biden and Kamala, failed by not ensuring the bare minimum of democracy was preserved for this election.