Recent reports have shown that some within the Democratic Party establishment are getting anxious about whether any of the 19 people running for the 2020 Democratic nomination has the ability to beat President Donald Trump in the general election. Chris Cillizza walks us through the “wish list” of people who are being floated as possible last-minute 2020 entrants. #CNN #News #Cillizza
SOURCES AND FURTHER READING:
Anxiety rises among Democrats worried about party’s prospects in 2020
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/anxiety-rises-among-democrats-worried-about-partys-prospects-in-2020/2019/10/22/b9c015d4-f4d9-11e9-8cf0-4cc99f74d127_story.html.
Anxious Democratic Establishment Asks, ‘Is There Anybody Else?’
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/22/us/politics/democratic-candidates-2020.html.
CNN poll: Biden leading over 2020 Democratic rivals
https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2019/10/23/cnn-poll-joe-biden-leading-democrats-sot-vpx-newday.cnn/video/playlists/this-week-in-politics/.
CNN’s latest poll on 2020 Democrats
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/cnn-poll-10-23-2019/index.html.
Impeachment Will Affect the 2020 Democratic Race—and Not in the Way That You Think
https://time.com/5705834/impeachment-democratic-primary/.
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