So Basically, An Imaginary Democrat Is Leading The Pack For 2020

We’ve heard that Biden is leading in the polls. We’ve also heard that Beto is leading in the polls, but let’s be real. It’s impossible to know, because no big names have officially jumped in yet.

All that being said, this poll is beyond amusing.

According to this USA TODAY/Suffolk Poll, Democrats don’t know who they want. They just know they want someone fresh and new.

Asking voters their pick for president more than a year before the primaries begin typically doesn’t tell you much beyond name recognition. Instead of asking about support, a USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll tested which candidates now seem intriguing to voters, and who turns them off, in an effort to get clues about the dynamic ahead.

Landing at the top of the list of 11 options was “someone entirely new” – perhaps a prospect not on the political radar screen yet. Nearly six in 10 of those surveyed – 59 percent – said they would be “excited” about a candidate like that; only 11 percent said they’d prefer that a new face not run.

Who followed the imaginary new person? Joe Biden.

But the point is, Democrats are picking a imaginary new person over basically every Democrat who has teased a run so far.

an imaginary democrat is leading the 2020 fieldhttps://t.co/WP12GAbO53 pic.twitter.com/0x6JLbp1Ob

— Kevin Robillard (@Robillard) December 26, 2018

also these results are not great for Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren on Michael Bloomberghttps://t.co/WP12GAbO53 pic.twitter.com/VEP0oTxtLY

— Kevin Robillard (@Robillard) December 26, 2018

Also, how come some people answered “never heard of them” on the “someone entirely new” option?

People are weird.