That Democrat candidate list is incorrect, and needs to be updated. Because my cat Mr. Whiskers announced over two weeks ago.
His slogan: “Cuter than Bernie. Smarter than Beto.”
The Dems are going Full McGovern/Mondale + CommieCare. It could be a 49 state blowout.
Add Andy Cuomo to the Outliars (damn spell check) list.
Out of that whole group, the one that scares me the most is Michelle Obama. If there is chaos at the convention (an almost certainty) and she stepped forward and was nominated as the unifying candidate I think she might be able to beat Trump.
Folks, don’t rip me on this. I’m just trying to foresee all the possibilities and this is the one that is scary.
In mid-April 2015, there were 14 GOP contenders. The top 3 in the polls were Gov Scott Walker, Gov Jeb Bush, and Sen Marco Rubio. Sen Rand Paul was consistently in the top 5. Mr Trump hadn't announced yet....
APR 16-21 2015 Quinnipiac: Rubio 15, Jeb 13, Walker 11, Cruz 9, Paul 8, Christie 7, Huckabee 7
APR 18-20 2015 YouGov: Walker 15, Jeb 13, Cruz 11, Paul 11, Carson 10, Rubio 9, Christie 6, Huckabee 5
APR 16-20 2015 Ipsos Online: Cruz 18, Walker 14, Jeb 13, Carson 9, Rubio 9, Paul 9, Christie 7, Huckabee 7, Santorum 6
APR 16-19 2015 ORC: Jeb 17, Walker 12, Paul 11, Rubio 11, Huckabee 9, Cruz 7
Walker dropped out in OCT 2015. Jeb raised and spent $150m to get 3% in the opening Iowa Primary. Rubio stuck around the longest of the early contenders and still only finished 4th. Rand dropped after the second Primary, in NH, where he failed to top 1%.
In short, this is a long, long way from being decided.
(Future Pres Trump declared his candidacy on JUN 16, 2015. Gov Kasich was the last to join the party on JUL 21, 2015, and the last to leave, a day after Cruz conceded in JUL 2016.)
Isn’t one of them the gay guy?
Ultimately their chosen candidate.
They all thought Trump was toast and this was their big chance. They thought wrong.