Much of the argument against Elizabeth Warren is about “electability.” But Clinton looked electable against Trump, and lost anyway. Still, Democrats so fear a second Trump term that they will inevitably look for the most “electable” candidate.
Senator Elizabeth Warren’s semi-announcement of a much-expected 2020 presidential candidacy represents something of a formal opening of the presidential cycle just as 2018 ends. And with it came some familiar fretting about Warren’s popularity in Massachusetts and nationally, and how it affects her viability when a potentially vast presidential field is winnowed. CNN’s Harry Enten, for one, isn’t impressed by Warren:
“The fact is Massachusetts is a very blue state,” Enten explained. “Hillary Clinton won there by 27 points, Liz Warren only won there by 24. And keep in mind that 2018 was a much better year for Democrats nationwide, so the fact that Liz Warren did worse than Hillary Clinton in Massachusetts suggests that perhaps she is a below-par candidate.”
CNN then showed a poll they had conducted were she ranked seven out of ten among other Democrats who could potentially run for president in 2020….
”[I]n Massachusetts, Liz Warren, when matched up against her opponents in a potential Democratic primary, she’s actually polling third or fourth behind Biden and Sanders, which suggests something’s quite wrong,” [Enten] said.
