{"id":31167,"date":"2018-12-11T14:45:15","date_gmt":"2018-12-11T20:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/?p=31167"},"modified":"2018-12-18T19:01:21","modified_gmt":"2018-12-19T01:01:21","slug":"democratic-candidates-for-president-round-two-the-bottom-tier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2018\/12\/11\/democratic-candidates-for-president-round-two-the-bottom-tier\/","title":{"rendered":"Democratic Candidates for President: Round Two, The Bottom Tier"},"content":{"rendered":"

I recently completed a Twitter based poll to rank the 35 or so potential Democratic Party candidates for president. Since who was paired with whom had a lot to do with determining the exact percentages, I chose to divide the results, most of which were triads of candidates in a single poll, into three tiers. The bottom tier includes the candidates who came in third in a given three way comparison. You can vote for them in the latest of my Twitter Polls. <\/p>\n

The purposes of this project are two fold. One, to help us all educate ourselves on who these people are. So, along with this and other polls are information about the candidates. Not much information, but a little, and you can expand from there.<\/p>\n

The second is to help us, somehow, and I’m not sure how we are going to do this exactly, have conversations about these potential Democratic POTUS candidates in a way that does not make us look like a bunch of simpering six-year-olds with teeth coming in. In other words, respectfully and intelligently. I know, that is asking a lot, but still, let’s try.<\/p>\n

Here is a short YouTube clip for each of these candidates. This is your chance to go through them and make the argument that one or more of them should be left in the running. I’ve divided them arbitrarily into three groups, and only one from each group will go forard to Round Three<\/p>\n

The three twitter polls are here: <\/p>\n

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Pick The Dem Round Two: <\/p>\n

Here are four of the 11 bottom ranked possible Democratic POTUS candidates. Vote for which one you think should continue in the competition. The three losers will be eliminated. <\/p>\n

See this link for a video of each candidate. https:\/\/t.co\/hC6u9tiw7P<\/a><\/p>\n

— Greg Laden (@gregladen) December 11, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n