The Importance and Relevance of Endorsements in Presidential Candidates
Joe BIden has the most (171), Elizabeth Warren is a distant second, Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigeig have the least.
CNN explains "Why Biden's endorsement edge matters".... [cnn.com]
Five Thirty Eight also explains why they are tracking it and why it matters. [projects.fivethirtyeight.com]
A failure is written all over on Cory Booker, Amy Klobuchar, Bernie Sanders, Buttigieg and Julian Castro.... the also ran horses of tis race. Just high funding will not rescue them out of the deep ditch after 7 months into the primary campaigns.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.Unlike the Republican party (one hopefully coming to an end), the Democrats have not purged their moderates.. In fact, they appear to remain the serious majority.
Varn
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Dec 26, 2019
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Is it necessarily a good thing?
Varn:
@St-Sinner Was thinking today of how much the extremes have in common.. Let’s figure it out with the R’s -- Their radicals shoved out their mainstream members, creating the “Independants” (often dubbing themselves, ‘Libertarians.’
Moderate R’s are stomped in the primaries, or missing to begin with.. Thus, nothing but fearful candidates towing the far-wrong line at every opportunity. Given Gerrymandering and voter suppression, they win.
Moderate D’s remain the heart of the party. Tolerant of their radical Left, they suffer the consequences … as in 2016.. Combined, they’ve more ‘registered voters’ than the R’s, but given how they’re prone to play softball - too often lose to the hardball party.
The R’s remain desperate, so continue to play a desperate game. Their industrial backers are winning, at least in the short term, but the poverty struck bulk of dumb-as-dirt ‘little r’ republicans are falling too far behind for even the D’s to rescue..
Good or Bad, we’re all losing. Makes me sad, and mad.. But guess that’s what I get for being in the ..majority 
When fighting the establishment, you can't expect their endorsements. In fact, if you get them, you aren't doing it right.
RoboGraham
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Dec 26, 2019
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What I see out of the enter mess is the biggest bunch of disappointment that I've ever seen in my life. I'm talking about both parties here but the Trumpers are just ignorant. One wanted to argue with me today that Obama was babied because he is a black man. I pointed out that Obama is no longer in power and Mitch McConnell said early on that he would do everything he could to see that Obama was a one term president. So much for coddling and babying.
DenoPenno
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Dec 26, 2019
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I wouldn't vote for Biden, he is a flip flopper for whatever his agenda is about. He is even a bit hard to read on the cannabis issue. He has never supported it.
Only one out of both parties i am considering at the moment. I like to watch before acting.
I like Yang.
[yang2020.com]
HerbertNewsam
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Dec 26, 2019
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Are you a principled voter or a voter who wants our Party to win? Winning always does not give you all or even most you want but it denies the enemy an opportunity to do bigger damage.
@St-Sinner i for one am tired of that issue of choice. We need new direction. Biden is not on my list. I will not support one just because of "winning" i feel Biden would be a loss if elected. I am tired of our run of the mill politicians that are nothing but corporate puppets tossing the goody's back and forth above the peoples heads...
@HerbertNewsam
You are a principled voter. What would you say to those who say... "You are wasting your vote"?
@St-Sinner "i respect my personal decisions as i respect yours" is what i say...
Reason: Biden is the closest to center of the oldsters.
Klobuchar is a good choice.
Tulsi is my fave, but is way too young. Same with the Butt....
JacarC
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Dec 26, 2019
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Watch out for Tulsi...She will run as an Independent to siphon votes away from the Democratic Candidate so Trump will win. She is a "Manchurian Candidate."
I like Tulsi as well. I doubt she will make it in 2020. But I'll wager she'll be primed for 2024. She's still fairly young. And IMHO, she's the only one that really speaks to all, rather than just to party.
Who is "Warner." IMO Bernie is the best candidate. @Jacar
@linxminx Bernie out of touch? There has never been a politician more in touch with the common people in modern times than Bernie Sanders. What does his age, gender, or race have to do with anything?
@linxminx Sure, old white men have disproportionately been in power for far too long and they have ran things to benefit themselves above all others. However, that doesn't make them all bad. To judge Bernie by his age/race/gender is to play identity politics. Judge him on his record. Judge him by his policies. Judge him by his integrity, consistency, tenacity, and leadership.
The man has opposed the traditional old white male patriarchy from the start. He stood up during the civil rights movement. He has always been supportive of a woman's right to choose. He has opposed our foreign wars, the old white male patriarchy's attempts to spread it's power and dominance throughout the world.
He is fighting for the little guy. Healthcare for all, a livable minimum wage, public college, debt relief... despite his old white guyness, he is our best bet for reducing wealth inequality, addressing the climate crisis, and reducing the massive wastefulness of the military industrial complex and the never ending foreign wars.
I get it. We've had a long line of old white men and it's time for a change. If there was a non old white guy running who had half of what Sanders brings to the table, I'd wholeheartedly throw my support behind her. But frankly, unfortunately, that is not the case. So I ask you to please set aside his identity and judge him on his merits.
@linxminx That's great to hear. Thanks for hearing me out.
We have no better choices in this election than we did in the last one...on either side. Sad.
farmboy2017
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Dec 26, 2019
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It will never be a ‘person for the people’, money always wins.
@Seeker3CO No. They're all just as worthless as Trump.
Who would you like to see running?
Endorsements are not all created equal. This is a fairly meaningless metric.
I don't know what polls you're looking at but Sanders doesn't remotely belong consigned to the single-digit also-rans. In fact recent polling has him leading or a statistical tie in the four early primaries AND California, and closing the gap rapidly in places like SC. Tellingly, he's accomplished this by appealing to ordinary people in large numbers rather than to celebrity endorsers in small numbers. Including first-time voters or typically non-voters who have given up on having any voice.
Also note the chart heading: "Party elites use endorsements to influence not only voters but each other". Sanders and to a lesser extent Warren, aren't trying to pander to the elites. It's their whole shtick. And it's working. Let the elites keep telling themselves how inevitable they are in '20. It's fine by me.
And just to substantiate what I said above:
mordant
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Dec 26, 2019
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Agree 100%
And that chart heading - 'party elites.....' we see where that got us in 2016. They need to sit down & shut up. mo.
Biden being the "best" option is a bit depressing... imo. Not that any of the rest are really particularly interesting.
Donna_I
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Dec 26, 2019
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@K9Kohle789 I am trying to force myself to care anymore. This campaign has been going on too long!
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