I love the current convention where news sources show little pol heads. It makes American politics that much more absurd.

  • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
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    1 year ago

    Some of people like Ryan Binkley have basically near zero or effectively zero support so they hardly appear or don't appear at all in polls.

    Democrats

    Joseph R. Biden Jr.
    Current president
    82 years old on Inauguration Day
    President Biden has cast himself as a protector of democracy and a stabilizing force after the upheaval of the Trump administration.

    Marianne Williamson
    Self-help author
    72 years old on Inauguration Day
    Marianne Williamson, a self-help author and former spiritual adviser to Oprah Winfrey, is running for a second time.

    Cenk Uygur
    Progressive talk show host
    54 years old on Inauguration Day
    Cenk Uygur, the creator of The Young Turks, a progressive talk show, says he doesn't have "giant policy disagreements with Biden": His top issues are a higher minimum wage, a public health insurance option and paid family leave, which Mr. Biden supports but has not gotten through Congress. But he says Mr. Biden cannot win the general election.

    Dean Phillips
    Representative from Minnesota
    56 years old on Inauguration Day
    Dean Phillips, a moderate Democrat elected to the House in 2018, has few major policy disagreements with President Biden and has supported his agenda in Congress, but argues that Mr. Biden’s age and low approval ratings mean the party should nominate someone else.

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    Republicans

    Donald J. Trump
    Former president and businessman
    78 years old on Inauguration Day
    Former President Donald J. Trump is running to retake the office he lost in 2020, then denied losing to the point of inciting a mob of his supporters to attack the United States Capitol.

    Nikki Haley
    Former governor and U.N. ambassador
    53 years old on Inauguration Day
    Nikki Haley, a former governor of South Carolina and United Nations ambassador under Mr. Trump, has presented herself as a member of “a new generation of leadership” and emphasized her life experience as a daughter of Indian immigrants.

    Vivek Ramaswamy
    Entrepreneur and author
    39 years old on Inauguration Day
    Vivek Ramaswamy, a multimillionaire entrepreneur and author, describes himself as “anti-woke” and has made a name for himself in right-wing circles by opposing corporate efforts to advance political, social and environmental causes.

    Asa Hutchinson
    Former governor of Arkansas
    74 years old on Inauguration Day
    Asa Hutchinson, a two-term governor of Arkansas who left that job in January, is one of a relatively small number of Republicans who have been openly critical of former President Donald J. Trump.

    Ryan Binkley
    Businessman and pastor
    57 years old on Inauguration Day
    Ryan Binkley is the president of a mergers and acquisitions firm and the pastor of a Texas church. He has never held or run for elected office before.

    Tim Scott
    Senator from South Carolina
    59 years old on Inauguration Day
    Tim Scott is the first Black Republican senator from the South in more than a century and has been one of his party’s most prominent voices on matters of race.

    Ron DeSantis
    Governor of Florida
    46 years old on Inauguration Day
    Ron DeSantis has built a national reputation as a combative conservative eager to do battle with liberals.

    Chris Christie
    Former governor of New Jersey
    62 years old on Inauguration Day
    As governor of New Jersey, Chris Christie drew accolades for his management of his state’s recovery from Hurricane Sandy, and condemnation for a scandal surrounding the closing of lanes onto the George Washington Bridge.

    Doug Burgum
    Governor of North Dakota
    68 years old on Inauguration Day
    Doug Burgum is in his second term as governor of North Dakota, where he has signed large tax cuts and a near-total ban on abortion.

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    Independent

    Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
    Anti-vaccine activist
    71 years old on Inauguration Day
    Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a nephew of former President John F. Kennedy, is a prominent anti-vaccine activist. He initially ran for the Democratic nomination before announcing in October that he would run as an independent instead.

    Cornel West
    Professor and progressive activist
    72 years old on Inauguration Day
    Cornel West has taught at Yale, Princeton and Harvard and is currently a professor of philosophy at Union Theological Seminary. He is known for his progressive activism, including his sharp criticism of former President Barack Obama.

    https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/us/politics/presidential-candidates-2024.html#biden

    Rant - I had to fix the copy and paste. Sites need to make their shit ready to copy and paste with no bother. It's super-annoying when they don't. Also - shit needs to be alphabetized.