I think as candidates Clinton, W. Bush, Gore, Obama, McCain had sincere support

Joe Biden was better and more progressive than literally every one of those guys. It’s not Biden’s fault that you haven’t been paying much attention.

I can’t personally remember a race where “the other side must be stopped” as pretty much the sole consideration among the voters until the Trump era.

I can’t personally remember a president who has achieved more progress than Joe Biden, and I can remember every president starting with Nixon.