Biden’s current lead in the polls shouldn’t be mistaken for evidence that he is the best Democrat to challenge Trump in 2020 and to lead the US as president
In the first three weeks of 2019 alone, a broad range of Democratic members of Congress have announced their candidacy for US president, including Julián Castro, Tulsi Gabbard and Kirsten Gillibrand. Washington insiders are speculating about many more to come, such as Amy Klobuchar and the seemingly inevitable Beto O’Rourke.
What all these Democratic hopefuls have in common is little to no name recognition. A recent NPR/PBS Newshour/Marist poll showed that a majority of Democrats and Democratic-leaning Independents had either never heard of them or were “unsure” whether they were favorable or unfavorable towards them. While we are still almost two years away from the 2020 elections, that is not a good start.
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