I am curious about the ranking on this site

[question everything]

We start with Undecided, Warren, Biden and the others.

Than we have nine with 0% followed by four more with blank. Does this mean that the ones with 0% may be at the 0.2% or so but the blank do not have a single vote?

These are deBlasio, Gravel, Meesam and Ryan.

Just curious. I am glad, though, that EarlG added all the candidates.

[Sucha NastyWoman]

1. Sad that there are some really good ones that aren't getting ANY traction

Fro example, Amy Klobuchar and Julian Castro. Others as well.

[mtnsnake]

3. That's partly because the media has so many folks convinced that Biden has the best shot

at winning, which is unfortunate because not only does he have the best shot at losing, but with the focus on him all the time, the others aren't getting the attention they deserve.

[relayerbob]

4. Most of those

at the low percentages, never had high percentages, and never would have. There's really only ever been a few contenders.

[quickesst]

5. I'm pretty sure it's the other way around

3. That's partly because MILLIONS OF FOLKS has so MUCH OF THE MEDIA convinced that Biden has the best shot.

[Cha]

10. Exactly.. they can

spin it anyway they want.

[quickesst]

13. Yep...

The media is acknowledging Joe's supporters, and there's a bunch of us.

[mtnsnake]

11. Okay now that is a good comeback

Well done!

[quickesst]

12. I want you to know....

.... that I appreciate your acknowledgement.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

6. Biden obviously has the best shot...why? He is antithesis of Trump. It's also

The effect that 1/2 the Dems think beating trump trumps all else!

[LanternWaste]

16. I think it's cool you're trying to convince so many folks...

I think it's cool you're trying to convince so many folks that the media has so many folks convinced Biden has the best shot.

Unsupported by evidence, but still... very, very cool.

[JI7]

18. the Anti Biden ones are the ones who put so much focus on him. media attention on him had gone down

after his announcement as it usually does. and he doesn't campaign much.


even that stupid california democratic convention thing seemed to be mostly about "where was biden" instead of the candidates who were actually there.

and then the thing where he wasn't in Iowa and instead attended his grandkids graduation.

like why bring him up at all ? use his not being there to focus on those who ARE there and talk them up.

[democratisphere]

2. There will be many potential candidates dropping out going into

this Fall, then the way forward should become more clear.

[More_Cowbell]

7. In the meantime, you can't talk about a candidate in their forum unless you've picked that candidate

So posters who want to talk about the issues their candidates are discussing must select that candidate.

[Hortensis]

8. You can discuss them here where far more people will see

and participate. The subforums provide enthusiasts with a friendly environment to enjoy their common cause, but also for some to indulge...overly partisan claims and propaganda that couldn't fly here without being shot down for cause.

Except for a brief stint in Warren's just to help kick it off with a few positive posts, I prefer to leave those who enjoy that to it and support a bunch of them here.

[Hortensis]

9. QE, from the admin forum:

"We have added the full list of 24 candidates in the Democratic Primaries forum
Along with the 17 candidates already listed, members participating in the Democratic Primaries forum can now also select Michael Bennet, Steve Bullock, Bill de Blasio, Mike Gravel, Wayne Messam, Seth Moulton, and Tim Ryan.

We have also made a minor change to the way candidates' percentages are displayed on the Candidate Rankings page. We round percentages to the nearest whole number (so a candidate displayed at 10% will have an actual percentage of 9.5%-10.49%), except candidates below 1% who were previously listed at 1% if they had any supporters at all. Candidates with less than 0.5% are now displayed on the board as having 0%. Candidates with no supporters at all are marked with a dash.

Thanks for reading.

-- The Administrators

There's been some interesting shifting from candidates not doing well to others since I last looked. Glad to see #FiveWhiteMen blue dogs Tim Ryan and Seth Moulton doing really bad. Sanders still holding steady at 7 while others move around him.

[question everything]

14. Thanks. Where is the admin forum? The announcement one?

Glad that I figured it out right. Gray cells still working.

[Hortensis]

15. Lol. Sorry, yes. My own gray cells fail sometimes.

But thanks for asking. I hadn't seen that new announcement until you made me wonder.

[Control-Z]

17. Where did you find the announcement?

A link to it would be great, if you could!

Thanks in advance, Hortensis!

[Hortensis]

19. Sorry, I didn't see this before.

Appropriately enough the announcements forum. . I almost never check that and wouldn’t have except for this.

[Control-Z]

20. Hey thanks, Hortensis!

I'm a little embarrassed. It is the very first choice on the forums and groups tab. I never noticed it. How that is possible I do not know.