The Four Candidate Tiers

July 12, 2019 at 8:50 am EDT By Taegan Goddard

First Read sees four tiers emerging in the Democratic presidential race based on the new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll:

The Top 5: Biden (26 percent), Warren (19 percent), Harris (13 percent), Sanders (13 percent) and Buttigieg (7 percent).

The 2 Percenters (the threshold to make the September debates): Andrew Yang (2 percent), Beto O’Rourke (2 percent).”

The 1 Percenters: Amy Klobuchar, Julian Castro, Cory Booker, Jay Inslee, Marianne Williamson, John Delaney, John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet.

The less-than-1-percenters: Everyone else.

“The good news for Booker, Klobuchar, Castro and even O’Rourke is that they get Democratic voters in our poll to say want to learn more about these candidates.”

“But that bad news for those in the 1 percent and below is that it looks like this field is going to winnow fast.”

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https://politicalwire.com/2019/07/12/the-four-candidate-tiers/