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Tetrachloride

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12. I made a spreadsheet of 4 categories
Fri Feb 22, 2019, 03:21 PM
Feb 2019

Policies, Base, Negative, and Guts. These are my own categories and my own estimate of how Democratic voters will feel. Each cell on the spreadsheet was allowed up to 3 points. (The Negative category goes down to -3 possible.)

A spreadsheet can help identify my own biases and / or lack of knowledge.

To be fair, we need our lesser known candidates to step forward. This especially means Kirsten Gillibrand, John Hickenlooper, John Delaney, Andrew Yang, Julian Castro, Sherrod Brown and Pete Buttigieg.

Setting the bar even 1 notch higher means that ALL of the candidates have to do a better job of campaigning. Mainstream media is destined to be against all the candidates until one is left standing. And even then, who knows.

Finally, my spreadsheets current leaders are in order: Kamala Harris, Joe Biden, Beto O'Rourke, Elizabeth Warren, Amy Klobuchar, Bernie Sanders, Sherrod Brown, Kirsten Gillibrand.

I'm sure that DU members from various areas can chime in to clarify their area's candidates. This is my 2 cents before the weekend.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden

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Who Has the Best Chance in 2020 [View all] romainetarra Feb 2019 OP
The Democrat Generic Brad Feb 2019 #1
If it has to be head-to-head today, then name recognition is key... VarryOn Feb 2019 #2
JB will be on fire as soon as he announces his candidacy to become democratisphere Feb 2019 #3
Most likely to beat Trump; elleng Feb 2019 #4
So which of those was Hillary not? n/t namahage Feb 2019 #10
Loud. joshcryer Feb 2019 #11
Too early to tell Sherman A1 Feb 2019 #5
If the battle were today..Here is my answer Stuart G Feb 2019 #6
i would agree EXCEPT CTyankee Feb 2019 #8
There isn't a close call. CrossingTheRubicon Feb 2019 #7
I think at the moment . . . peggysue2 Feb 2019 #9
I made a spreadsheet of 4 categories Tetrachloride Feb 2019 #12
regarding policies, base, , negative, guts Tetrachloride Feb 2019 #13
The problem is the election is not "today" but in November 2020.. Stuart G Feb 2019 #14
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