This campaign has so many candidates...
How many candidates are there?
This campaign has so many candidates that even the candidates don't know all of the people who are running.
This blog's primary focus has always been the lighter side of the Election of 2020, and with that, let's go!
21 candidates were at the Iowa State Fair, and the Des Moines Register decided to quiz fairgoers (and candidates) if they knew who was in the race.
At that time, there were 24 who were considered "major candidates". Fairgoers could, on average name 7 or 8. Candidates interviewed could name on average 16.5.
No surprise, Joe Biden was the most well-known, and Wayne Messam the least well-known.
Andrew Yang was the most in tune, remembering Messam and all the others, forgetting only Steve Bullock (and he got Julian Castro with some help).
Pete Buttigieg and Michael Bennet also took part and named 16. Bill DeBlasio named 11.
Anyway, I talked about the State Fair Kernel Vote before, one of the many questionable indicators of what may be ahead.
I didn't mention the RAGBRAI Cookie Caucus, which was the brainchild of the Main Street School, a private K-9 school in Norwalk, Iowa. They sold cookies to bike riders for the right to state their preference of favorite candidate.
Elizabeth Warren won, which shows these guys and gals were ahead of the curve.
Throwing in all of the candidates at the time, the results looked like this:
This campaign has so many candidates that even the candidates don't know all of the people who are running.
This blog's primary focus has always been the lighter side of the Election of 2020, and with that, let's go!
21 candidates were at the Iowa State Fair, and the Des Moines Register decided to quiz fairgoers (and candidates) if they knew who was in the race.
At that time, there were 24 who were considered "major candidates". Fairgoers could, on average name 7 or 8. Candidates interviewed could name on average 16.5.
No surprise, Joe Biden was the most well-known, and Wayne Messam the least well-known.
Andrew Yang was the most in tune, remembering Messam and all the others, forgetting only Steve Bullock (and he got Julian Castro with some help).
Pete Buttigieg and Michael Bennet also took part and named 16. Bill DeBlasio named 11.
Anyway, I talked about the State Fair Kernel Vote before, one of the many questionable indicators of what may be ahead.
I didn't mention the RAGBRAI Cookie Caucus, which was the brainchild of the Main Street School, a private K-9 school in Norwalk, Iowa. They sold cookies to bike riders for the right to state their preference of favorite candidate.
Elizabeth Warren won, which shows these guys and gals were ahead of the curve.
Throwing in all of the candidates at the time, the results looked like this:
Cookie Caucus results:
Elizabeth Warren, 78
Kamala Harris, 71
Donald Trump, 67
Pete Buttigieg, 52
Bernie Sanders, 30
Joe Biden, 19
Amy Klobuchar, 12
Cory Booker, 10
Tulsi Gabbard, 7
Julie Binny (write in), 6
John Hickenlooper, 5
John Delaney, 5
Michael Bennet, 5
Steve Bullock, 5
Marianne Williamson, 5
Kristen Gillibrand, 4
Julian Castro, 4
Andrew Yang, 3
Bill Weld, 3
Bill de Blasio, 0
Jay Inslee, 0
I think my favorite part is Julie Binny beat out half the field, and no one knows who that is. I mean, if you are polling behind Julie Binny, maybe it is time to drop out. Iowa Public Radio's Clay Masters said it was "somebody's wife" on Twitter. He also reported some of the cookies were Karamela Chip, Buttigieg Butter, Pecan Sanders (Sandies), and Yang Gluten-Free Walnut Yum Yums.
Of note, the choice of cookie was seperate from the vote, so you could enjoy a Yang Yum Yum and then cast a vote for say, Michael Bennet.
It has been a weird election cycle to say the least, though. With so many candidates, any hook might work.
Joe Sestak has taken to walking across New Hampshire.
Kamala Harris, 71
Donald Trump, 67
Pete Buttigieg, 52
Bernie Sanders, 30
Joe Biden, 19
Amy Klobuchar, 12
Cory Booker, 10
Tulsi Gabbard, 7
Julie Binny (write in), 6
John Hickenlooper, 5
John Delaney, 5
Michael Bennet, 5
Steve Bullock, 5
Marianne Williamson, 5
Kristen Gillibrand, 4
Julian Castro, 4
Andrew Yang, 3
Bill Weld, 3
Bill de Blasio, 0
Jay Inslee, 0
I think my favorite part is Julie Binny beat out half the field, and no one knows who that is. I mean, if you are polling behind Julie Binny, maybe it is time to drop out. Iowa Public Radio's Clay Masters said it was "somebody's wife" on Twitter. He also reported some of the cookies were Karamela Chip, Buttigieg Butter, Pecan Sanders (Sandies), and Yang Gluten-Free Walnut Yum Yums.
Of note, the choice of cookie was seperate from the vote, so you could enjoy a Yang Yum Yum and then cast a vote for say, Michael Bennet.
It has been a weird election cycle to say the least, though. With so many candidates, any hook might work.
Joe Sestak has taken to walking across New Hampshire.
Tim Ryan released an "album" on Spotify.
The Spotify album apparently didn't work as Ryan dropped out yesterday.
Andrew Yang has been skateboarding everywhere.
Beto O'Rouke has talked about his skateboard and punk past, but Yang's video and skills went viral.
I mean it was on Reddit, and everything.
“This was so cool and unexpected,” u/adidier17 wrote. “I brought it up to get signed and Yang said, ‘Lemme see that thing’ next thing you know he’s cruising around the hall on my board. He signed it as well, so I guess I’ll be needing a new board, my current one now belongs in a museum.”
“See this is the difference between him and beto. This was organic as fuck. Beto was staged as sh--,” user u/onizuka–sensei wrote.
Anyway, that should take care of my backlog of weird and wonderful stories from 2020, but I will leave with this from TandemBrick.com.
Tandem Brick is a Des Moines area art gallery, framing, jewelry, card and gift shop.
I am sure there is no shortage of 2020 candidate action figures that you can order on Amazon (138 results for Bernie Sanders include Bobbleheads, Plushes, Dolls, Funko Pops and more. Still, not sure any are better than Tandem Brick's.
“This was so cool and unexpected,” u/adidier17 wrote. “I brought it up to get signed and Yang said, ‘Lemme see that thing’ next thing you know he’s cruising around the hall on my board. He signed it as well, so I guess I’ll be needing a new board, my current one now belongs in a museum.”
“See this is the difference between him and beto. This was organic as fuck. Beto was staged as sh--,” user u/onizuka–sensei wrote.
Anyway, that should take care of my backlog of weird and wonderful stories from 2020, but I will leave with this from TandemBrick.com.
Tandem Brick is a Des Moines area art gallery, framing, jewelry, card and gift shop.
I am sure there is no shortage of 2020 candidate action figures that you can order on Amazon (138 results for Bernie Sanders include Bobbleheads, Plushes, Dolls, Funko Pops and more. Still, not sure any are better than Tandem Brick's.
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