That vision is a bit dystopian for me, and the VP's polling as of now is reassuring. He's polling just below ass-hair lice.

As was Trump a few years before the 2024 election. But here we are.

Elections are choices between two candidates. If people don't like the Democratic candidate much, they'll vote for the Republican candidate (and vice versa). Most people will correctly determine that their goals in voting (whatever they are) are met by voting for the candidate from the party that will advance those goals. Of the rest, many will choose their vote - or choose not to vote - based on how they regard both candidates. And many will vote against a candidate they don't like even if they're not affirming they like the candidate they vote for.

Democrats have a popularity problem in the states necessary to win the Presidency. No guarantees that they come out of the primaries with a nominee that will be popular enough to beat even an unpopular GOP nominee.