Kamala Harris Drops Out - Who should be next? | 2020 Election | QT Politics

7 Democrats Who Should Probably Drop Out From the 2020 Election | QT Politics

With a number of candidates recently dropping out, Wayne Messam, Joe Sestak, Steve Bullock, and Kamala Harris, it seems reasonable to ask...

Who should be next?

As the crowded democratic primary race for the 2020 election rages on, voters appear to be coalescing around a narrowing field of realistic choices. The tier 1 choices at the moment appear to be Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Pete Buttigieg.

These four candidates are the top four in the national polls, each with more than 10% support, according to the rcp averages, and each has their own advantages. Joe Biden has probably the best name recognition in the field, and is polling in first nation-wide. Bernie Sanders has raised the most money from supporters, and has the greatest number of donors. Elizabeth Warren is the only candidate to have, although briefly, surpassed Biden in the national polls, leads in her home state of Massachusetts, and remains in second in Nevada, South Carolina, and California. Pete Buttigieg is currently surging nation-wide, and leads in both Iowa and New Hampshire.

It would difficult for any candidate not already in the top four to break through at this stage of the game, but that doesn't mean that everyone else in the race should pack their bags. Andrew Yang, for instance, has shown remarkable progress for a political outsider, and the longer he fights on, the more seriously mainstream democrats are to take his central issues: data rights, automation, and universal basic income. While there are good reasons to cast a cynical eye on Bloomberg's run, his financial power is formidable to say the least. Deval Patrick, too, just joined the race—and while I doubt his experience at Mitt Romney's vulture capitalist firm, Bain Capital, will do much to earn him a place in the hearts of democratic voters—it may be a tad too early to totally dismiss him out of hand.

But 7 candidates who really should call it quit would be: Tom Steyer; Marianne Williamson; Michael Bennet; John Delaney; Amy Klobuchar; Cory Booker; and, Julian Castro.

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