.MaddowBlog: Why are so many Democrats running for president?
By most measures, the Republican Party’s presidential field in the 2016 cycle was the largest ever: 17 GOP candidates vied for their party’s nomination, nearly enough to field two full baseball teams.As of this morning, there are 18 Democratic presidential candidates with at least some experience in public office. If we include Andrew Yang and Marianne Williamson, there are 20 candidates.
There’s no obvious frontrunner scaring away potential rivals. As things stand, polls point to Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders as the top contenders for the Democratic nomination, and while it’s easy to make the case that either one of them will prevail, neither one is in a commanding position. When there’s a prohibitive favorite, potential candidates stay on the sidelines. When there isn’t, they run.
There’s no real downside. If a politician doesn’t have to give up his or her current job to run for president, then there’s no real incentives in place not to run. Presidential candidates, even if they don’t expect to win, get a platform for their ideas and an opportunity to raise their profiles. Former presidential candidates often benefit from their mailing lists, speaking opportunities, television contracts, and the prospect of other powerful posts like cabinet slots.
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