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Showing Original Post only (View all)Top 15 Dem Candidates for 2020 According to the WaPo [View all]
Spoiler -- Sanders is 1, Biden 2, Warren 3, Gillibrand 4.
President Trump got his first big legislative accomplishment this week. He also got a slew of very bad polling data.
Polls from Gallup, CNN, Monmouth University and Quinnipiac University all showed Trump's approval rating between 33 percent and 37 percent among the lowest numbers of his entire presidency. And that same CNN poll showed Democrats taking a nearly unheard-of 18-point lead in the 2018 midterm generic ballot, becoming just the latest poll to show a very bad environment for not just Trump but his party, too.
And even one of Trump's better polls from NBC News and the Wall Street Journal showed that just 36 percent of Americans said they would at least "probably" vote to reelect Trump in 2020. A majority (52 percent) said they would at least "probably" vote for someone else. While just 18 percent said they would "definitely" vote for Trump, 38 percent said they would "definitely" vote against him.
Given all of that, and with just one year left until the unofficial start of the 2020 presidential race, you can bet a slew of Democrats are starting to get anxious to run against Trump. And depending on how that 2018 election turns out, you may see a bunch of them get into the race quickly. The field appears certain to be extremely big and wide open, and it could reward those who can lock down a base of support before others with claims to those same bases get in.So whose stock is rising and falling at this early juncture? We ranked the top 15 possible Democratic nominees three months ago, and today we do it again.
As usual, they're ranked in ascending order of likelihood to win the Democratic nomination.
Polls from Gallup, CNN, Monmouth University and Quinnipiac University all showed Trump's approval rating between 33 percent and 37 percent among the lowest numbers of his entire presidency. And that same CNN poll showed Democrats taking a nearly unheard-of 18-point lead in the 2018 midterm generic ballot, becoming just the latest poll to show a very bad environment for not just Trump but his party, too.
And even one of Trump's better polls from NBC News and the Wall Street Journal showed that just 36 percent of Americans said they would at least "probably" vote to reelect Trump in 2020. A majority (52 percent) said they would at least "probably" vote for someone else. While just 18 percent said they would "definitely" vote for Trump, 38 percent said they would "definitely" vote against him.
Given all of that, and with just one year left until the unofficial start of the 2020 presidential race, you can bet a slew of Democrats are starting to get anxious to run against Trump. And depending on how that 2018 election turns out, you may see a bunch of them get into the race quickly. The field appears certain to be extremely big and wide open, and it could reward those who can lock down a base of support before others with claims to those same bases get in.So whose stock is rising and falling at this early juncture? We ranked the top 15 possible Democratic nominees three months ago, and today we do it again.
As usual, they're ranked in ascending order of likelihood to win the Democratic nomination.
Full list of rankings at the link.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/12/22/the-top-15-democratic-presidential-candidates-for-2020-ranked/?utm_term=.ecc6097960df
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I can't imagine Sanders won't be allowed to run. I hope he doesn't win but I fully expect
StevieM
Dec 2017
#10
Oh, Bernie will run alright... and win!! Then he'll mop the floor with the Traitor-in-Chief!!
InAbLuEsTaTe
Dec 2017
#107
The voters will have to decide who the nominee is. My guess is that at least 20 people will run.
StevieM
Dec 2017
#108
There's no way to bar him from doing so without looking like we're a party of bullies.
Ken Burch
Dec 2017
#16
He is not a Democrat and I hope he does not run or we could have the same sort of thing as
Demsrule86
Dec 2017
#50
I like Eric Swalwell, but he's a little green & not old enough, but give him a few more years.
CrispyQ
Dec 2017
#77
M$M is deserate for Sanders to run again. Falling all over themselves desperate.
BannonsLiver
Dec 2017
#12
Chris would actually make our best candidate!!! I don't know what, if any, are his negatives other
FreeStateDemocrat
Dec 2017
#73
I agree in part with what you are saying. But I would also be pretty scared for our democracy if we
StevieM
Dec 2017
#87
I get depressed everytime I hear this stuff. I suppose it is better than apathetic.
Alice11111
Dec 2017
#112
I think Gillibrand has a lot more support than her detractors on this website claim
ClarendonDem
Dec 2017
#37
My argument is that we have the best chance of winning with a good female candidate.
Blue_true
Dec 2017
#93
I like him very much! I could see him filling the VP slot... groomed and prepared for...
NurseJackie
Dec 2017
#42
Put me down as a ROCK SOLID ABSOLUTE NO for the person in the #1 slot!!!!!!!! God no. And...
NurseJackie
Dec 2017
#41
Elizabeth Warren's voice grates on me, & while Gillibrand's voice isn't grating,
CrispyQ
Dec 2017
#76
That's OK. In 2002 and 2003, the first on a similar list was Joe Lieberman.. (nt)
question everything
Dec 2017
#83