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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPoll: Majority of Dems want 'someone entirely new' to run in 2020
A majority of Democratic and independent voters want an entirely new name to compete for the Democratic Party's 2020 presidential nominee, according to a new poll.
A USA Today/Suffolk University poll released Wednesday found 66 percent of Democrats and independents chose someone entirely new from a list of possible contenders for the Democratic nomination in 2020. Of those surveyed, just 9 percent said that an unknown individual should not run.
Vice President Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) were the next-most popular choices. Forty-four percent of Democrats and independents said they would want Biden to run. Thirty-one percent said they would not want him to run.
The poll found 44 percent also said they would be excited to have Sanders take another shot at the Democratic nomination, while 38 percent would not want him to run.
http://thehill.com/homenews/news/311405-poll-majority-of-dems-and-independents-want-someone-entirely-new-to-be-2020
http://www.suffolk.edu/documents/SUPRC/12_21_2016_complete_marginals.pdf
Skittles
(153,193 posts)NO, NO, NO, NO, NO TO BIDEN AND SANDERS
randome
(34,845 posts)[hr][font color="blue"][center]Stop looking for heroes. BE one.[/center][/font][hr]
Initech
(100,102 posts)If we want to beat Trump, the same old, same old isn't going to cut it!
gulliver
(13,193 posts)I'm sick of voter preferences. Not just preference polls. I'm sick of voters having "preferences."
LWolf
(46,179 posts)I admit that I'd support Sanders in a heartbeat, but it doesn't have to be him. He is working for us anyway. The only real requirement I have for 2020 is that the nominee be from outside the establishment, and NOT a neo-liberal.
Meanwhile, though, I enjoy thinking about Sanders.
Midwestern Democrat
(806 posts)newer names (like Booker, Castro, Gillibrand, Cuomo, etc) that have been mentioned.
sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)AllenJordan
(17 posts)Ace Rothstein
(3,183 posts)La Lioness Priyanka
(53,866 posts)they will all be too old for first term presidents.
Calculating
(2,957 posts)Prison gruel is moderately more exciting than the prospect of a Biden campaign.
TomCADem
(17,390 posts)Ideally, they would have a nice combination of smarts, charisma, and accomplishments.
Corey Booker comes to mind, but even he is pretty much an unknown nationally.
milestogo
(16,829 posts)or is independently wealthy.
I thinks got to be Oprah.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)What is wrong with people?