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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
The Memo: Democratic field boils down to four-horse race
The HillThe quest for the Democratic presidential nomination is becoming a four-horse race.
Marginal candidates at the bottom of the large field have begun to drop out Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) became the latest to do so on Friday and a deadline is looming this week to qualify for the third round of debates in Houston in September.
Meanwhile, at the head of the pack, only a major surprise would deliver the nomination to anyone outside the top quartet: former Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.).
Those four lead the polls and suck up media attention. They also offer Democratic voters a potential standard-bearer from the left (Warren or Sanders), the center (Biden) or somewhere in between (Harris). And, of course, either Warren or Harris could become the first female president.
Put it all together and it is difficult to see an opening for other contenders to make a serious run at the nomination.
Marginal candidates at the bottom of the large field have begun to drop out Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) became the latest to do so on Friday and a deadline is looming this week to qualify for the third round of debates in Houston in September.
Meanwhile, at the head of the pack, only a major surprise would deliver the nomination to anyone outside the top quartet: former Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.).
Those four lead the polls and suck up media attention. They also offer Democratic voters a potential standard-bearer from the left (Warren or Sanders), the center (Biden) or somewhere in between (Harris). And, of course, either Warren or Harris could become the first female president.
Put it all together and it is difficult to see an opening for other contenders to make a serious run at the nomination.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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The Memo: Democratic field boils down to four-horse race (Original Post)
brooklynite
Aug 2019
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Dopers_Greed
(2,640 posts)1. It certainly is looking that way
Once voting starts, I'll likely switch to Warren or Harris.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
George II
(67,782 posts)2. To be honest, I really think it's down to three, and will eventually be two - Biden and Warren.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
StevieM
(10,500 posts)3. It's more like a three candidate race. And I would love for Al Franken to join it.
Kamala Harris may be ahead of Corey Booker, Beto O'Rourke and the rest of them. But she is well behind the big three, Biden, Warren and Sanders.
Biden's fall indicates that there is room for another candidate. I hope that Al Franken will be that candidate.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden