Since we just kind of have a Joe Biden thread and there are clearly way more developments than just Joe Biden
The state of the race
Polling
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/ep...tion-6730.html
As of 7/1/2019
As of 7/18/2019
There are state polls as well, but i'm kinda lazy... Basically Biden's lead has been cut significantly.
This was taken just after the first debates and will likely change within the next week or so as people's ideas about the debate crystalize
As of 8/28
As of 9/12 - Day of 3rd debate
Fund Raising
Q1 Fundraising totals
Q2 Fundraising totals -
- Pete Buttigieg - 24.8m - https://thehill.com/homenews/campaig...evious-quarter
- Joe Biden - 21.5m - https://www.axios.com/track-2020-dem...11c540531.html
- Bernie Sanders - 18m - https://www.axios.com/track-2020-dem...11c540531.html
- Kamala Harris - Nearly 12m - https://www.axios.com/track-2020-dem...11c540531.html
- Michael Bennet - 2.8m - https://www.axios.com/track-2020-dem...11c540531.html
- Steve Bullock - 2m - https://www.axios.com/track-2020-dem...11c540531.html
- Elizabeth Warren - $19.1m - https://www.axios.com/elizabeth-warr...e7c4dc024.html
No one else made shit for $$... Just check the link
Endorsements
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com...ex_cid=rrpromo
Debates
There are 12 debates scheduled.
1st Debate - MSNBC - Any candidate that had at least 65k donors OR at least 1% in 3 major polls
- The first debate had 20 candidates and split the candidates of 2 nights.
- Big winners from the first Debate - THESE ARE JUST MY OPINIONS
- Kamala Harris - Breakout of the first debate. Completely obliterated Joe Biden and had some really good viral sound bites
- Pete Buttigeig - Addressed the issues he's having at home, gave really solid answers on a lot of topics.
- Elizabeth Warren - Stayed above the fray, basically confirmed her top tier bona fides.
- Julian Castro - Most people had never heard about him before. His exchange with Beto certainly made people pay attention to him
- Losers from the first debate
- Joe Biden - Seemed unprepared... Got demolished by Harris... He still hasn't cleaned this up fully
- Beto O'Rourke - Demolished by Castro... Also seemed unprepared
- Andrew Yang - Spoke the least out of anyone and didn't get his message out at all
- Bernie Sanders - Same old, same old. The debate really highlighted that he doesn't really connect with minorities at all. Not everything needs to be delivered through an economic lens.
- More info on the first debate from 538 - https://fivethirtyeight.com/features...n-five-charts/
2nd Debate - CNN - Any candidate that had at least 65k donors OR at least 1% in 3 major polls - July 30 and 31 in Detroit
The draw for this was done live on the air and grouped candidates into 3 groups to ensure that there'd be a better spread. Much better than the NBC debate
1st Night
2nd Night
- Buttigieg
- O'Rourke
- Kloubuchar
- Williamson
- Delaney
- HickenLooper
- Ryan
- Bullock
- Warren
- Sanders
- Castro
- Yang
- Booker
- Inslee
- Gillibrand
- Gabbard
- Bennet
- De Blasio
- Biden
- Harris
3rd Debate - ABC - Any candidate with at least 130k donors AND 2% in at least 4 major polls since the last debate - Sept. 12 in Houston, Texas
- Joe Biden
- Pete Buttigieg
- Kamala Harris
- Bernie Sanders
- Elizabeth Warren
- Cory Booker
- Beto O’Rourke
- Amy Klobuchar
- Julián Castro
- Andrew Yang
Drop outs
- Eric Swalwell - https://thehill.com/homenews/campaig...ential-primary - Guess he couldn't catch the torch.
- John Hickenlooper - https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/14/polit...ign/index.html - Despite having a crazy name, Hickenlooper couldn't get much traction. Expect a Senate bid in the near future.
- Jay Inslee... I swear I'll have something clever here in the morning!
- Seth Moulton - He is endorsing Biden.
- Gillibrand is out. She ran out of $$$.
- Di'Blasioh no.
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