The 2020 Endorsement Primary from 538

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I don't know how much influence party leaders have - but I thought this was interesting to know, anyway:

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2020-endorsements/democratic-primary/?ex_cid=rrpromo


Cory Booker 57 points
Kamala Harris 55
Amy Klobuchar 44
Bernie Sanders 21
Joe Biden 18
Elizabeth Warren 17
Beto O'Rourke 14
Julian Castro 12
John Delaney 6
Pete Buttigieg 5
Jay Inslee 5
Kirsten Gillibrand 3
John Hickenlooper 3

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1. My second choice is Harris n/t

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2. This is the hidden primary, and you can bet

that people who are longtime activists., who have become power centers, and are people others look to and respect make a big difference.

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3. FiveThirtyEight's point scale (these are national Democratic Party people):

10 points
Former presidents and vice presidents
Current national party leaders

8 points
Governors

6 points
U.S. senators

5 points
Former presidential and vice-presidential nominees
Former national party leaders
2020 presidential candidates who have dropped out

3 points
U.S. representatives
Mayors of large cities

2 points
Officials in statewide elected offices
State legislative leaders

1 point
Other Democratic National Committee members

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4. Interesting, thanks.

that scale seems to mostly represent effect of names on the public, as opposed to their power to make things happen, in their home states especially?

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5. This has been good month for Biden

Link to tweet