Donald Trump claims to be a billionaire. That is unlikely, but he likely does have several hundred million dollars. He claimed in 2016 that he would finance his own campaign for president. He did not do that, but he probably could have.
That got me to thinking -- how rich are the Democratic candidates for president in 2020? The chart above shows the net worth of the 12 most likely to succeed candidates. None of them are anywhere near Trump's wealth. Four of them have a net worth of less than a million dollars -- Joe Biden, Julian Castro, Kirsten Gillibrand, and Jay Inslee.
There are 8 that have more than a million dollars in net worth -- Cory Booker, Pete Buttigieg, Kamala Harris, John Hickenlooper, Amy Klobuchar, Beto O'Rourke, Bernie Sanders, and Elizabeth Warren.
You might note that I left three candidates off the chart. That's because I consider them to just be vanity candidates, with no chance of actually winning the nomination. They are Andrew Yang ($2 million), Marianne Williamson ($1.1 million), and Rep. John Delaney ($92.6 million).
