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My Biggest Democratic Primary Worry.
At this point, it isn’t Joe Biden.
It has been absolutely incredible to see the performance of the progressive wing of the Democratic Party in this 2020 primary season. At this point, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren are literally competing to see who will have the most comprehensive, substantive plan to tackle student loan debt. That is exactly what we need, and I love it. But of course as much as I hate to admit it, I would be lying to myself if I said I wasn’t a pessimistic cynic at worst or — at best — a realist, and I do have some fears.
I’m afraid they’re going to split the progressive vote.
According to a recent poll out of the Des Moines Register in Iowa:
“Twenty-four percent of Iowa’s likely Democratic caucusgoers say former vice president Biden is their first choice for president. Sanders, a Vermont senator, is the first choice for 16% of poll respondents, while Warren, a Massachusetts senator, and Buttigieg, mayor of South Bend, Indiana, are at 15% and 14% respectively.”
Yeah, it’s already happening.
Theoretically, if we combine the poll numbers of Sanders and Warren then they would be ahead of Joe Biden, at thirty one percent. Not only would either Sanders or Warren potentially be in the lead if the other wasn’t…
