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So let's talk about Andrew Yang, an official 2020 presidential candidate who picked up the most followers (up 1,487) over the past 30 days (besides Donald Trump who picked up 641,433).

Yang is a Democrat who is 43 years old. He did an FEC filing for the 2020 presidential election back on November 6, 2017. His main campaign platform is a universal basic income for all Americans between the ages of 18 to 64 of $1,000/mo, which is euphemistically called a "Freedom Dividend."

His campaign slogan is "Humanity First".

Born in Schenectady, NY to Taiwan born parents, Yang's main claim to fame is the creation of the non-profit VFA (Venture for America) in 2011 which is dedicated to create opportunity in urban U.S. cities by finding potential entrepreneurs and funding them with the skills and resources to create jobs.

The intentions seem to be good here but seven years later, VFA claims to only have started 29 companies while creating 2,500 jobs in the process on an annual budget of approximately $6,000,000 (as of 2017). Yang has since stepped down from VFA, obstentiously to focus on his 2020 campaign.

Those seem rather inconclusive results for VFA after seven years of operation and probably more of a "resume building" endeavor for Yang than anything else. But Yang has the "minority" chops that the Democrats value so much and he was certainly a darling of Barack Obama.

Andrew Yang's net worth was not available after an internet search and I assume it's not very much. His father worked in the research labs of IBM and General Electric and has 69 patents to his name. So it's a safe bet that Andrew Yang is trust-funded to the hilt and has daddy's money to fall back on. If not, he can always live on his universal income should it ever come to be.

Right now, I do not see Andrew Yang as a major factor in the 2020 presidential campaign.

Let's discuss Arvin Vohra, the Libertarian candidate who gained 717 followers this past month.

Arvin is 39 years old and from Maryland. In addition to being an announced candidate for the 2020 presidential election, Arvin is also a Libertarian candidate for the 2018 Maryland senatorial election.

In 2010, Arvin ran for a seat in the Maryland House of Delegates (15th District) and finished dead last with 2% of the vote. In 2012, Arvin ran for Maryland's 5th Congressional District and finished dead last with 1.31% of the vote.

Finally, Arvin ran for Maryland's 4th Congressional District in 2014 and (as you might have guessed) finished dead last with 1.46% of the vote.

Arvin Vohra's claim to fame is the "Vohra Method", which uses non-linear worksheets to prep students for college-entrance exams. What this basically means is that when a student gets an answer wrong in a practice test, the student is run through a checklist to identify what skills need to be improved for better results next time. So if the student missed a factoring step in a math problem, the student is assigned a factoring worksheet to master that particular skill. Vohra founded a company to help students with college-entry exams.

Arvin Vohra was Vice Chair of the Libertarian National Committee but was not re-elected in part for controversial views that included sexual relations with minors, abolishing public schools and referring to the military as "paid killers."

I could not find a net worth for Arvin Vohra.

My conclusion is that Arvin Vohra is a fringe candidate with minimal appeal and does not pose a serious threat to the re-election of President Trump.

So John Delaney wants to be your president. On July 28, 2017, Delaney became the first major Democrat to file for the 2020 presidential race and has also filed officially with the FEC.

Delaney, 55 years old, currently represent's Maryland's 6th Congressional District (since 2013). He is of Irish descent and was raised in New Jersey. He is a graduate of Columbia University with a law degree from Georgetown University Law Center. He has a blue-collar pedigree as his father was an electrician

He co-founded two companies. Health Care Financial partners in 1993, created to make loans available to smaller health-care providers who might have trouble securing loans from larger banks. In 1999, this company was sold to Heller Financial.

In 2000, he co-founded Capital Source, a commercial lender that provides capital to small and medium sized businesses. This company was acquired by PacWest Bancorp is still in operation today as a division of Pacific Western Bank.

John Delaney's net worth is estimated to be in excess of $90 million, making him the 4th richest person in Congress.

With regard to political views, Delaney is regarded as a "moderate" in Democrat circles. However a closer look shows his is pro-abortion (and gets a 100% rating from Planned Parenthood) and in 2017, voted against a bill that would make abortions illegal on fetuses over 20 weeks old. A supporter of same-sex marriage, he also supports the legalization of cannabis. Delaney is also fully aboard the "climate change" bandwagon and supports taxes to that end. A detailed article on all his political positions can be seen here. Basically John Delaney is solidly to the left on most issues, though he is actively cultivating "moderate" status in his presidential campaign.

It is difficult at this time to determine how serious a candidate Delaney will be once the campaign gets rolling and other big names jump in. Sometime it pays off to get in early and Delaney picked up 341 Twitter followers over the last month to a total of 11,038, making him the third highest gainer in followers this cycle. But compare that to Trump gaining over 640,000 followers during the same period and you can see Delaney has a long way to go momentum-wise.

My take is that Delaney has a good a shot as any for securing the Democrat nomination. Compared to the left-wing nutjobs we are about to see run, he will be able to position himself more to the center and thus be a very presentable option for many centrist Democrats. He got in early so should be able to gather some first rate resources in terms of campaign personnel and organization. He's got some personal wealth and seems to be a solid citizen type. So while it is still early, John Delaney is a man to be watched.

Adam Kokesh picked up 150 followers during August and has amassed 53,242 to date. Adam is the first Libertarian to announce for the presidency in the 2020 campaign and is 36 years old. Let's talk about Adam.

Adam's platform is pretty simple: Dissolving the federal government.

Upon his inauguration, should we elect him, he will issue his first and final executive order to "peacefully" dissolve the federal government. He will then resign from the presidency and assign himself the title "Custodian of the Federal Government." He would then assign "Custodians" for each of the departments of government who would then work to dissolve each of them.

That's about it folks. Adam Kokesh's presidency would be a very brief one but highly productive, depending on your point of view.

Like myself, Adam joined the United States Marine Corps and attained the rank of sergeant. That's where our similarities end. Kokesh served in the Iraq War and participated in the First Battle of Fallujah. While in Iraq, Adam learned Arabic. He also attained a degree in psychology Claremont McKenna College.

Upon his discharge from the Marine Corps in 2007, Adam became increasingly radicalized in his political beliefs. He became an active participant in the "Iraq Veterans Against the War" group, involving himself in various protests, flash mobs and acts of civil disobedience, including filming himself loading a shotgun in Washington DC and posting it on YouTube (which as you can probably deduce, did not end well).

Speaking of things that didn't end well, Adam announced his candidacy for president on January 16, 2018. By the end of that day, he was pulled over by Texas police twice, the second time being arrested for possession of marijuana and other "unidentified substances" as well as "tampering/fabricating" evidence in a police investigation.

Adam was no stranger to being arrested and jailed, as there are several other arrests on his rap sheet ranging from drug charges to weapons charges to "dancing a jig" outside the Thomas Jefferson Memorial. Yes, I looked that one up. It is actually illegal to dance at national monuments in DC.

Some of Adam Kokesh's political positions are as follows: Government should be abolished; taxation is theft; is anti-abortion; and is an advocate of "self-ownership" in which each person owns himself.

In 2010, Adam ran as a Republican for Congress in the 3rd District of New Mexico. In the primary, he received nearly 30% of the vote. Adam also has a talk radio show called "Adam vs The Man" which is (or was) available in a variety of formats (podcast; web-access, Facebook and a brief stint on AM radio in NM).

In summary, Adam Kokesh is a fringe candidate, albeit colorful, and has pretty much a zero chance for the presidency and likely won't make much of an impact with the Libertarian ticket either. He does have a webpage setup for his candidacy.

His number of followers is impressive so he does have a small following - probably from his talk show. He only gained 150 followers over the past month so not much momentum has built yet.