{"id":90,"date":"2025-11-09T16:14:24","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T16:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8000\/?p=90"},"modified":"2025-11-09T16:14:24","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T16:14:24","slug":"2020-democratic-presidential-candidates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/udecideapp.com\/?p=90","title":{"rendered":"2020 Democratic Presidential Candidates"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"845\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/udecideapp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/iStock-1095777400-845x684-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/udecideapp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/iStock-1095777400-845x684-1.jpg 845w, https:\/\/udecideapp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/iStock-1095777400-845x684-1-300x243.jpg 300w, https:\/\/udecideapp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/iStock-1095777400-845x684-1-768x622.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 845px) 100vw, 845px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>As the race to White House heats up, the 2020 Democratic Presidential Candidates begins to narrow as the field of 20 toward one choice to face off against President Donald Trump in November of 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the primary and caucus season closing in, the following men and women are emerging as front runners to secure the Democratic nomination.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20240420044904\/http:\/\/julianforthefuture.com\/\">Juli\u00e1n Castro<\/a><strong>:\u00a0<\/strong>The only Latino contender, Castro is also one of the youngest at 44. His \u201cPeople First\u201d policy agenda offers a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants. His proposed education overhaul would reinvest in public education from pre-K through college.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20240420044904\/http:\/\/yang2020.com\/\">Andrew Yang<\/a>:\u00a0A businessman who founded\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20240420044904\/https:\/\/ventureforamerica.org\/\">Venture for America<\/a>, Yang, also 44, works to revitalize struggling urban centers by training entrepreneurs in cities such as Detroit and New Orleans. Yang\u2019s platform is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20240420044904\/https:\/\/www.yang2020.com\/what-is-ubi\/\">a universal basic income<\/a>, to counteract the effects of automation in the workforce.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20240420044904\/http:\/\/amy-klobuchar.com\/\">Amy Klobuchar<\/a><strong>:<\/strong>The 59-year-old Minnesota senator is known for her focus on reform.\u00a0Klobuchar touts her record of enacting practical laws that have reduced the backlog of rape kits and banned lead in toys.\u00a0Her understated personality is in sharp contrast to President Trump\u2019s bravado.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20240420044904\/https:\/\/betoorourke.com\/\">Beto O\u2019Rourke<\/a>: The 46-year-old former Texas congressman struggles to find his mojo. He fluctuated between immigration reform and climate policy before pivoting to a focus on veterans with a proposed \u201cwar tax\u201d on non-military families. However, his frustration over congress\u2019 lack of action on gun legislation may be what gives him relevance.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20240420044904\/http:\/\/corybooker.com\/\">Cory Booker<\/a>:\u00a0The 50-year-old former mayor of Newark, NJ, boasts a message of love and unity. He\u2019s changed the conversation around federal cannabis legalization and would target the wealth gap by seeding \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20240420044904\/https:\/\/www.booker.senate.gov\/?p=press_release&amp;id=861\">American Opportunity Accounts<\/a>\u201d allowing kids from the poorest families to enter adulthood with a nest egg of up to $46,000 to invest in education, home ownership or retirement.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20240420044904\/http:\/\/peteforamerica.com\/\">Pete Buttigieg<\/a>: The 37-year-old mayor of South Bend, IN, is plainspoken and steeped in the values of the Christian left. Featured in a\u00a0<em>Vogue<\/em>\u00a0photo shoot with his husband Chasten, \u201cMayor Pete\u201d seeks to abolish the Electoral College. While he sprinted from dark-horse status to frontrunner in a few months, he\u2019s lost some momentum lately and needs to reconnect to that earlier energy to be a true contender.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20240420044904\/http:\/\/kamalaharris.org\/\">Kamala Harris<\/a>:\u00a0This fearless Howard-University-educated Californian promises executive action to punish pay disparities. She is an established politician who also seeks marijuana legislation and a Green New Deal. She has endorsements from major politicians and continues to poll well.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20240420044904\/http:\/\/berniesanders.com\/\">Bernie Sanders<\/a>:\u00a0The 77-year-old senator from Vermont\u00a0gets credit for mainstreaming a $15 minimum wage and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20240420044904\/https:\/\/www.sanders.senate.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/college-for-all-act-introduced\">tuition-free college<\/a>. His recently introduced the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20240420044904\/https:\/\/www.sanders.senate.gov\/download\/estate-tax-one-pager\">For the 99.8% Act<\/a>\u201d would sharply increase the estate tax, including imposing a 77% tax on estates in excess of $1 billion, raising an estimated\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20240420044904\/https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/us-policy\/2019\/01\/31\/bernie-sanders-propose-dramatic-expansion-estate-tax-richest-americans-including-percent-rate-billionaires\/\">$315 billion\u00a0<\/a>over a decade.\u00a0An uncompromising champion of Medicare for All, he one-upped Elizabeth Warren by calling for a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20240420044904\/https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/videos\/politics\/2019\/06\/24\/bernie-sanders-student-debt-plan-sot-ip-vpx.cnn\">complete wipeout\u00a0<\/a>of the nation\u2019s $1.6 trillion in student debt.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20240420044904\/http:\/\/elizabethwarren.com\/\">Elizabeth Warren<\/a><strong>:<\/strong>\u00a0The 70-year-old Massachusetts senator wants to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20240420044904\/https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/politics\/politics-news\/elizabeth-warren-wants-to-wipe-out-student-debt-for-42-million-americans-825006\/\">wipe out student debt<\/a>\u00a0for tens of millions of Americans. A capitalist at heart, Warren spent her career trying to make the system work for working people.\u00a0\u00a0She intends\u00a0to address American inequality with a wealth tax, imposed annually on \u201cultra-millionaires,\u201d to pay for benefits, including universal\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20240420044904\/https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2019-02-19\/warren-to-unveil-universal-child-care-plan-funded-by-wealth-tax\">free or low-cost childcare<\/a>, for \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20240420044904\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/ewarren\/status\/1089208048579739648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">yacht-less Americans<\/a>.\u201d\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20240420044904\/https:\/\/go.joebiden.com\/\">Joe Biden<\/a>: The 76-year-old former vice president touts his government experience and peerless foreign policy credentials. He believes President Trump is an anomaly to the country and the Republican party and seems to be counting on Democratic voters to fall in line with his promises to return to the Obama era.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Want to learn more about the 2020 Democratic Presidential Candidates and their platforms? Participate in polls? Find out how the political system really works?&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20240420044904\/https:\/\/udecideapp.com\/#download\">Download<\/a>&nbsp;UDecide which is a non-biased app that puts a wealth of political information in the palm of your hand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the race to White House heats up, the 2020 Democratic Presidential Candidates begins to narrow as the field of 20 toward one choice to face off against President Donald Trump in November of 2020. 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