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bluewater

(5,376 posts)
Sat Aug 17, 2019, 10:37 AM Aug 2019

Most Democrats Are Excited by 'Several' 2020 Candidates

Most Democrats Are Excited by ‘Several’ 2020 Candidates – Not Just Their Top Choice

Electability matters to Democrats, but so do policies, character

With more than five months to go before the first votes are cast in the 2020 presidential election, a majority of Democratic voters who express a preference for one of the candidates (63%) say they feel excited about several of the candidates currently vying for the party’s nomination. Far fewer (35%) say they are enthused only by their first choice for the nomination.

A new survey finds that, in an open-ended question about their preferences for the party’s presidential nomination, 26% of Democratic and Democratic-leaning registered voters name Joe Biden as their first choice, 16% name Elizabeth Warren, 12% favor Bernie Sanders, while 11% back Kamala Harris and 5% favor Buttigieg.

However, a quarter of Democrats do not express a preference for the nomination, according to the new survey by Pew Research Center, conducted July 22-Aug. 4 among 4,175 adults, including 1,757 Democratic and Democratic-leaning registered voters.

https://www.people-press.org/2019/08/16/most-democrats-are-excited-by-several-2020-candidates-not-just-their-top-choice/

Hmmm, 25% still undecided... only 35% say they are enthused only by their first choice...

Sounds like it is still a wide open race for the nomination, doesn't it?

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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Most Democrats Are Excited by 'Several' 2020 Candidates (Original Post) bluewater Aug 2019 OP
Side note: I'd like to see Warren meeting Merkel California_Republic Aug 2019 #1
I'm not "excited" by any but I will vote for the nominee like it was my duty, elocs Aug 2019 #2
 

California_Republic

(1,826 posts)
1. Side note: I'd like to see Warren meeting Merkel
Sat Aug 17, 2019, 10:48 AM
Aug 2019

I think that’s a great picture. I do like merkel a lot
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
 

elocs

(22,578 posts)
2. I'm not "excited" by any but I will vote for the nominee like it was my duty,
Sat Aug 17, 2019, 08:59 PM
Aug 2019

because it is.
Voting like it was your duty seems to be the Republican way, regardless if they are excited or motivated to vote, and we would do well to follow that example.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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