Forget Medicare-for-all, the wealth tax and reparations for slavery. What Democrats want most is to beat President Trump. To that end, they obsess over whether energizing progressives or persuading swing voters is more important; how the electorate would react to a woman or person of color running against Trump; and whether a candidate who is too young or too old presents a risk. At some point in these conversations, someone usually steps in to say Democrats don’t need to worry: The primary is a Darwinian process. Whoever survives is, by definition, the most electable candidate.
But primary voters often pick candidates with glaring, foreseeable general-election weaknesses over stronger contenders. And in 2020, Democrats are in danger of doing just that. Their top three candidates have real problems. And their potential best performers are stuck in the second tier. CONT.
David Byler, Washington Post