Analysis: After a flurry of high-profile campaign launches, several Democratic candidates are still widely unknown
Sen. Amy Klobuchar announces her candidacy for president during a snowfall on Feb. 10 in Minneapolis. By Philip Bump Philip Bump National correspondent focused largely on the numbers behind politics Email Bio Follow March 7 at 10:12 AM As someone who spends a lot of time reading about and considering the 2020 Democratic primary field, I’m always struck by how many other Americans have spent approximately zero seconds doing so.
That’s especially if other candidates have a hard time attracting attention. Look, it’s super, stupidly early. Honestly, the rational thing is to ignore all of this until, say, a week before voting? Maybe a month. You get my point. How big a dent does a campaign launch make on awareness? Let’s compare the density of people saying they’d never heard of Sen. Elizabeth Warren in 2017, before she announced her bid, and in February. Two years ago, 23 percent of people hadn’t heard of her. Now, after her launch and the controversy over her heritage … 20 percent of people haven’t heard of her.Let’s overlay another bit of interesting data here.
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