… The process of running for president — given the money a candidate has to raise and the organizations that must be built in early voting states — is like an iceberg. The bit that pokes its head out of the water is only a very small part of a much larger mass below the surface.
We are in the below-the-surface part of the presidential primary fight right now — and will be for at least the next five months, while the Democratic Party focuses on trying to win back control of the House and Senate. But just because you don’t see or hear about everything that’s going on doesn’t mean it’s not happening.
Which brings us to our rankings of the 10 men and women most likely — as of today — to wind up as the Democratic nominee in 2020. In ranking these candidates, we considered current polling, historic trends and lessons that the 2018 Democratic primaries have taught us. So, we tended to default to early polling leaders. And women. And liberals. CONT.
Chris Cillizza & Harry Enten, CNN