Some historic perspective re: primary polls

[Fiendish Thingy]

At this point In 2007, Obama was in second place, polling between 17-23%, just edging out Edwards or Gore, depending on the poll. Hillary was consistently in the low to mid 30%'s

https://www.pewresearch.org/2007/02/14/how-reliable-are-the-early-presidential-polls/

https://news.gallup.com/poll/10120/history-shows-january-frontrunner-often-does-win-democratic-nomination.aspx

It's a long time until January 2020, and a lot will change after the debates start in June, as name recognition becomes secondary to policy positions.

By January, we could be down to single digits for candidates.

[dalton99a]

1. The rich get richer and the poor get poorer

in terms of donations as electability comes into sharp focus