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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
FiveThirtyEight - Sanders 2020 Is Off To A Faster Start Than Sanders 2016
By Oliver Roeder APR. 11, 2019, AT 6:00 AM
Bernie Sanders, the septuagenarian democratic socialist and junior senator from Vermont, is running for president again. And my, how things have changed. And my, how they’ve stayed the same.
“Mr. Sanders’s bid is considered a long shot,” The New York Times wrote in 2015, after he entered the race that April. But when he announced he was running in 2019, after his challenge to Hillary Clinton had dragged deep into the primary calendar, the tenor was different: “He is among the best-known Democrats in a crowded field,” the Times wrote earlier this year.
But even though he now faces much more competition than he did in 2016’s two-person race, Sanders is already outperforming his benchmarks from the last presidential election cycle. Now he is one of the frontrunners, not the insurgent.
“Mr. Sanders’s bid is considered a long shot,” The New York Times wrote in 2015, after he entered the race that April. But when he announced he was running in 2019, after his challenge to Hillary Clinton had dragged deep into the primary calendar, the tenor was different: “He is among the best-known Democrats in a crowded field,” the Times wrote earlier this year.
But even though he now faces much more competition than he did in 2016’s two-person race, Sanders is already outperforming his benchmarks from the last presidential election cycle. Now he is one of the frontrunners, not the insurgent.
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/sanders-2020-is-off-to-a-faster-start-than-sanders-2016/
If I were to vote in a presidentialprimary today, I would vote for: Undecided
