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2016 Postmortem

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Fri Dec 16, 2016, 10:12 AM Dec 2016

Democrats Have Mixed Feelings on 2020 Field [View all]

On one hand they say they want a younger candidate, one who's never run for President. 57% of Democrats say they want their candidate to be under the age of 60, and 77% say they want their candidate to be under the age of 70. Only 8% actually want a candidate who's in their 70s, with another 15% expressing no opinion in regards to the age of their candidate.

Beyond wanting a younger candidate, only 25% of Democrats say they want their candidate in 2020 to be someone who has run for President before. 41% would prefer someone who's never run before, and 34% say they're not sure one way or the other.

But despite saying that they generically want a younger candidate who hasn't run for President before, the top 2 choices of Democrats for 2020 at this very early stage are...people in their 70s who have run for President before.

Joe Biden leads the way for Democrats with 31% to 24% for Bernie Sanders, and 16% for Elizabeth Warren. They're the only folks we tested with meaningful support for the nomination at this point. Cory Booker gets 4%, Al Franken and Kirsten Gillibrand each get 3%, Sherrod Brown and Andrew Cuomo each get 2%, and Julian Castro gets less than 1%.


http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/main/2016/12/democrats-have-mixed-feelings-on-2020-field.html

My two cents: Booker and Gillibrand will have a much easier time getting greater name recognition than Sanders, Biden and Warren will in getting younger.

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I would love to see Franken get a bigger platform.. vi5 Dec 2016 #1
I doubt it will be any of those people ... ZoomBubba Dec 2016 #2
Booker (51 years old, good speaker) seems like a good value if one is placing bets. nt geek tragedy Dec 2016 #3
I like Booker meadowlark5 Dec 2016 #5
Obama's at 59% approval, Trump is at 41%, and it's only going to go down from there. geek tragedy Dec 2016 #6
Trump has an approval rating of 41% meadowlark5 Dec 2016 #9
Obama's was at 68% at this point in 2008, nt geek tragedy Dec 2016 #14
Well that's understandable meadowlark5 Dec 2016 #15
Conservative Republicans like what they're seeing from him thus far. geek tragedy Dec 2016 #18
I hate to say it ... ZoomBubba Dec 2016 #8
Purists have been decisive in exactly zero Democratic primary contests nt geek tragedy Dec 2016 #16
I'm in agreement ... ZoomBubba Dec 2016 #20
Democrats need to learn to start talking to the nation as a whole again. geek tragedy Dec 2016 #21
Do the dems have any "rising stars"? meadowlark5 Dec 2016 #4
I don't know, but the party better identify and begin promoting them ASAP Auggie Dec 2016 #10
Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2016 #13
I'm not sure I know of this person meadowlark5 Dec 2016 #17
we have plenty of rising stars, but when you are scared like we are now La Lioness Priyanka Dec 2016 #22
Ugh, cuomo is not like his dad... dionysus Dec 2016 #46
He gets shit done crazycatlady Dec 2016 #50
Jesus H. Christ ismnotwasm Dec 2016 #51
That obviously wasn't what the poster meant. In context, it's crystal clear what was meant. KittyWampus Dec 2016 #53
Sure she is ismnotwasm Dec 2016 #54
Since you're up on him more than i am, isn't he involved in bridgegate somehow? dionysus Dec 2016 #63
Booker has reached his political peak. Exilednight Dec 2016 #59
Actually, I have heard Gavin Newsom thrown around as a possible candidate meadowlark5 Dec 2016 #7
Newsome is Lt. Governor of California and will run to replace Jerry Brown as Governor Auggie Dec 2016 #11
It's probably just as important to keep a good dem governing California meadowlark5 Dec 2016 #12
Gavin Newsom was my Board of Sups rep and later HeartachesNhangovers Dec 2016 #26
Lightweight? RonniePudding Dec 2016 #32
Go ahead, run some lightweight like Julian Castro and see how badly he loses jfern Dec 2016 #42
SF easy to manage? Retrograde Dec 2016 #52
I don't think any San Francisco mayor sends the right message crazycatlady Dec 2016 #57
democrats are scared and hurting and are holding on to people for comfort La Lioness Priyanka Dec 2016 #19
I don't know much about several of them, but I know this much... Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2016 #23
Can these genuises please fucking think about '17 and '18 FIRST? Blue_Tires Dec 2016 #24
that's what the DNC race is all about geek tragedy Dec 2016 #25
I'd rather have the House and Senate in 2018 and 2020 Retrograde Dec 2016 #36
Easier? Wabbajack_ Dec 2016 #60
I would be very disappointed in Booker dsc Dec 2016 #27
Remember when Booker claimed President Obama was being too hard on rich people? DemocraticWing Dec 2016 #29
If he's too connected with the wealthy, I won't support him. Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2016 #30
that too dsc Dec 2016 #31
We'll see how disappointed you are after 4 years of Trump RonniePudding Dec 2016 #33
Me too. nt Quixote1818 Dec 2016 #37
It's Cuomo's race to lose if Bernie doesn't run. Booker would round out the top 3 and would be the coolbreeze77 Dec 2016 #28
My money is on Elizabeth Warren. And welcome to DU!! (eom) StevieM Dec 2016 #44
This is one of the most laughable polls I have seen. Nt NCTraveler Dec 2016 #34
Perhaps Mark Zuckerberg or another wealthy Democrat will run andym Dec 2016 #35
I could be totally wrong but I am guessing that Hillary Clinton will totodeinhere Dec 2016 #38
Hell to the No Txbluedog Dec 2016 #39
I agree that HRC is retired but give her a break. It is hard to lose an election where StevieM Dec 2016 #45
No, just no. nt geek tragedy Dec 2016 #41
I love Hillary but I think she is retired. And she has earned the rest after the horrible way that StevieM Dec 2016 #43
Sherrod Brown-Kamala Harris for 8 years. Followed by Harris and someone else for 8 years. Garrett78 Dec 2016 #40
2018 will be a referendum on the majority party, in this case Trumpublicans Proud Liberal Dem Dec 2016 #48
Frankly Proud Liberal Dem Dec 2016 #47
This party shouldn't be correlating ANY body this early bigdarryl Dec 2016 #49
We ought to look to the west coast for new leadership. Warren DeMontague Dec 2016 #55
Senate leader is from Nevada and House leader is from SF Bay area. geek tragedy Dec 2016 #56
Maybe. Warren DeMontague Dec 2016 #62
Did Kate Brown run for the job? geek tragedy Dec 2016 #64
Agree on all that. Warren DeMontague Dec 2016 #65
Curious to the wording of the questions. Exilednight Dec 2016 #58
NEWSOM Ztolkins Dec 2016 #61
Please, not Cory the Tory. KamaAina Dec 2016 #66
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