Current Affairs 2020 Democratic Primary

[LinekersLegs]

Pete Buttigieg raised staggering $7 million in April alone

The Democrat equaled his first-quarter fundraising in one month, as he pushes for a huge haul to cement his top-tier status in the primary.

www.politico.com

Pete Buttigieg’s campaign jolted its top donors with big news on a conference call last month: The upstart mayor had raised $7 million in the month of April alone, as much as Buttigieg had in his entire eye-catching first quarter in the presidential race.

The huge April haul, which was previously unreported, highlights Buttigieg’s explosive rise in the Democratic presidential race — and Buttigieg hopes to do it again next month by announcing a top-tier second quarter haul that at least doubles his last campaign finance report, putting the 37-year-old among the biggest fundraisers seeking the presidency in 2020 and cementing his leap from long shot status at the beginning this year.

 

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[Prevenger17]

Biden's filter is only marginally more diligent than Trump's

 

[LinekersLegs]

Thought this was an excellent poll question, gets to how much Biden’s support is due to people thinking others will vote for him rather than wanting him for himself/his policies

 

[Ruairi77]

Was listening to NPR yesterday and the show had to Dem experts on talking about the 2020 race. Both were all in for Biden and were deaf to everyone that suggested that he would face the same problems Clinton did.
When a caller suggested Sanders was genuine, the response he got was "Sanders honeymooned in the USSR".
This illustrates the fact (which @abelard has been highlighting), that the DNC haven't learned anything.
Unfortunately, Biden does stand a good chance of winning Pennsylvania and Florida and therefore the general election.
My fear for Warren is that she may be peaking too soon and that people might get sick of her catchphrases and selfie lines by next year.

 

[Ruairi77]

oh, well seeing as you put it that way Joe...

 

[LinekersLegs]

Think this is an awful decision, how can the candidates claim that they stand up for a free press and then go to an event that gives exclusive access to just one outlet?

 

[Ruairi77]

Think this is an awful decision, how can the candidates claim that they stand up for a free press and then go to an event that gives exclusive access to just one outlet?

yup. there's a big difference between this and Warren not wanting to do a fox town hall

 

[Ruairi77]

it's funny, I guess he tweeted like this in 2016 but it didn't annoy me.
It seems petty now tho, maybe because Warren is a progressive candidate.

 

[LinekersLegs]

it's funny, I guess he tweeted like this in 2016 but it didn't annoy me.
It seems petty now tho, maybe because Warren is a progressive candidate.

Bit of a walkback on the “everyone else is a billionaire shill” line


Although new Monmouth poll is out and not only is Warren slighly ahead of Sanders but much of the growth seems to be in the liberal wing so gping to be interesting to see if Sanders surrogates start directly targeting Warren for criticism.

 

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[riddick]

Bit of a walkback on the “everyone else is a billionaire shill” line


Although new Monmouth poll is out and not only is Warren slighly ahead of Sanders but much of the growth seems to be in the liberal wing so gping to be interesting to see if Sanders surrogates start directly targeting Warren for criticism.

I love Bernie but Warren can easily be a great alternative to him. She has a lot of the same ideas and stances he does AND she actually has plans to back it up.

 

[LinekersLegs]

I love Bernie but Warren can easily be a great alternative to him.

That is one of the reasons that make this primary so unpredictable compared to 2016! Then it was a two horse race between progressive/establishment from the start whereas this time a lot of voters will have two or more candidates that they could be comfortable with.

 

[Deleted member 48881]

Can summarise what is going on in general? I don't read much of news about Democratic primaries, so what is the consensus? Biden to challange Trump? uh I will be disgusted.. How are Sanders' and Warren's chances?

 

[riddick]

Can summarise what is going on in general? I don't read much of news about Democratic primaries, so what is the consensus? Biden to challange Trump? uh I will be disgusted.. How are Sanders' and Warren's chances?

Nothing. It's about 18 months away and there hasn't been 1 debate yet. As of now it's name recognition, nothing more.