Breaking down our political breakdown
With the second Democratic debate over and the field likely to shrink within the next month or two (the qualification criteria for the third debate are much stricter), this feels like a good time to check in on the state of the race. Following the RealClearPolitics average of candidates polling percentages, I’m going to run
Depending on who you consider a major candidate, there are now 20-plus Democrats running for President. That is an absurdly high number, and one that will make the race more difficult to predict than ever. In that vein, there are a few numbers to watch for in polls (and, eventually, election results) that will give
A lot of people are going to be running for President in 2020. Probably close to twenty. There are already two candidates with some degree of national press running (and a third just formed an exploratory committee). That number is going to skyrocket in 2019. So, I’m going to break down the massive list of
Though he probably won’t win, Bernie Sanders has probably already blown up the 2020 Democratic Primary. I’m not talking policy (though his 2016 campaign was instrumental in moving the party left). I’m talking fundraising. Bernie’s small-donor fundraising in 2016 absolutely shattered records. He raised $228 million in his Presidential bid. 58% of that (or $135
The day after the election, a friend of mine texted me to say that the Joe Manchins of the world had done great and Progressives had done horribly. That’s not quite right though. Yes, Joe Manchin (D-WV) himself, the most conservative Senate Democrat, won reelection in West Virginia, which Trump carried by 42 points. It’s
Someone attempted to assassinate Presidents Obama and Clinton today. It wasn’t a spectacular plan. The would-be assassin mailed bombs to the homes of the Obamas and the Clintons. Both bombs were intercepted, examined, and deactivated by the Secret Service. Not exactly foolproof. But they still tried it. This follows the discovery of a similar bomb
It’s technically already started! Yes, the 2020 election may feel ages away (753 days, actually), but the Democratic Presidential primary is well underway! You won’t see most of the campaigning that’s happening right now – this period is called the “Invisible Primary” for a reason. But it matters. the Invisible Primary is the period in
Breakdown Politics 