I think the core difference would be that there was an actual, honest-to-goodness Republican Primary process that occurred and Trump just beat the piss out of RDS. Nobody meaningfully “lost” the Democratic Primary as they all coalesced around Biden because the Dems were devoid of a genuine Presidential candidate. I’ve agreed throughout this discussion that this was wrong and the incumbent bias is a true problem in our political system. If Harris had come out and run against Biden and the people chose Biden, this would be closer to a coup. Instead Dems got bailed out by Biden looking so weak in the debate and being able to fall on his sword. The resulting developments highlight that the people prefer this direction. It’s hard to say the Elites pulled one over on the little guys when the voters are damn-near unanimously approving.