Trump will lose… to a progressive.

The 2020 election is just around the corner and the field of Democrats is slowly but surely being widdled down. For the candidates we expect to stick around, there is a wide variety of political ideologies among them, from Bernie Sander’s self-proclaimed democratic-socialism to Joe Biden’s centrist appeal. There are a lot of ways this primary election could go. Democrats overwhelmingly want a candidate who can remove Donald Trump from office, swiftly. These voters have a choice to make. They can either choose to side with Joe Biden, a moderate democrat (the same approach of 2016) or give the honor to someone like Bernie Sanders, Tulsi Gabbard, or Andrew Yang, non-conforming democrats who focus more on solutions than price-tags.

I believe it would be a mistake to send Biden into battle against Trump. It feels just too similar to the 2016 Election with Hillary Clinton. I am not attempting to say these two democrats are the same candidate, because they are not. Joe Biden does not have any private devices in which he is sending and receiving classified emails, in fact I am not certain Biden is aware of this technology per his confusing suggestion to parents to “make sure you have the record player on at night.” Although, he is similar to her in that he is a corporate democrat who can talk the talk, but cannot walk the walk. I argue that seeing a moderate democrat like Hillary Clinton lose to Trump in 2016 gives democrats all the information they need to decide whether to lean progressive or centrist.

It would seem that a centrist would be a safe bet to beat Trump and attract Republican voters, but in fact only two democrats have already demonstrated that they can and will beat Trump if made the nominee, Bernie Sanders and Andrew Yang. These two men have both appealed to a wide array of Americans and have 10% of Trump voters saying that they would vote for each of these candidates over Donald Trump. This is because Sanders and Yang understand the issues that lead to the oval office being held under occupation by Trump. They are both focused on these issues, but most importantly they understand how to react and adapt with policy plans such as Universal Basic Income proposed by Andrew Yang, and Federal Guaranteed Jobs by Bernie Sanders.

Voters care less about whether the president is conservative, libertarian, socialist, progressive, or moderate, but want a Commander in Chief who has policy that will improve their quality of life. Right now, progressives are promising that and moderates are not.

Additional Information:

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/do-democrats-want-a-candidate-who-shares-their-values-or-can-beat-trump-voters-are-split

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/08/22/andrew-yang-2020-president-profile-227631

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kevinkruse/2019/09/16/andrew-yang-beats-donald-trump/#4e1f6e4a379b

https://www.businessinsider.com/joe-biden-elizabeth-warren-ahead-but-voters-bet-on-trump-2019-9/