There's been a lot of talk among the cable news talking heads about who the Americans might (or might not) vote for in the 2020 election. Is this country too misogynistic to vote for a woman? After the experience with Trump, would the country vote for another billionaire? Is the country too homophobic to vote for an openly gay candidate? Would the country vote for a candidate that proudly labeled himself as a "democratic socialist"?
Those are important questions, because the Democrats must nominate a candidate that can (and will) defeat Donald Trump next November. Trump's re-election is just too awful to even consider!
The charts above are from a poll that strived to answer those questions. It is the Yahoo! / YouGov Poll -- done on February 12th and 13th of a national sample of 1,530 registered voters, with a 2.7 point margin of error.
The good news for Elizabeth Warren and Amy Klobuchar is that an overwhelming majority of voters (83%) are ready to vote for a woman for president.
Slightly less, but still significant majorities should give hope to Michael Bloomberg and Pete Buttigieg. About 67% say they would vote for a billionaire, and 60% said they would vote for an openly gay person for president.
The problem comes with a candidate calling himself a "democratic socialist" (Bernie Sanders). I showed you a Gallup poll last week that indicated less than half of voters would vote for a socialist. This poll put the word democratic in front of socialist, but the result was no better. Only 35% said they would vote for a democratic socialist, while 46% said they would not.
I urge all of my readers to vote this year in the Democratic primary -- and. to vote for the candidate of you choice (whoever that may be). But keep in mind -- the most important thing is nominating a candidate that can beat Trump in November.
