John Delaney drops out of 2020 presidential race
Source: Axios
Former Rep. John Delaney (D-Md.) announced Friday that he was dropping out of the 2020 presidential race.
The big picture: Delaney was the first Democrat to announce his candidacy in the 2020 election, yet failed to establish himself once the field grew. In July, Axios reported that Delaney's staff had asked him to drop out, suggesting he wasn't spending enough money to run a competitive race and had flopped at the first debate.
- At the time, Delaney denied the accusations, stating he had "no plans to drop out of the race."
- He failed to qualify for later debates benchmarks largely seen as a make-or-break moments for campaigns.
- Questioned by Medium in December as to why he was still in the race, Delaney said his plan was "to do well in Iowa, and send a message that a candidate that actually focuses on rural Iowa, and focuses on campaigning in peoples living rooms and in coffee shops, still matters."
The state of play: The campaign said in the announcement that Delaney had decided to drop out after concluding that he would not reach the 15% viability threshold across much of Iowa but still had enough support to hurt other moderate candidates.
Read more: https://www.axios.com/john-delaney-drop-out-2020-presidential-election-e6bce847-06ba-4237-a91a-4391a2cdc9c2.html
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(9,161 posts)This guy, with no name recognition whatsoever, has been running for President seemingly for 3 1/2 years, and drops out 3 days before the caucuses, so as not to hurt other moderates? That's not the way it works, John. If you fail to get 15% on the first vote (and I doubt you would have gotten a third of that at most sites), you're out, and your few supporters move to another candidate who did meet or exceed the 15% threshold. The only possible way you could hurt another candidate, is if they failed to reach 15% only because your few supporters would have voted for that person if you weren't in the caucus, thereby getting them to the magic number. Possible, but not likely.
Bradical79
(4,490 posts)There are still too many hangers on. Hopefully, we get more drop outs after Iowa.