With the 2018 election fading from view, the focus is quickly shifting to 2020. Most of us know who the main presidential candidates will probably be, but how likely is each and every one of them to win? What is the ranking?

Harry Enten and Chris Cillizza rank the potential 2020 democratic presidential candidates in this article and, while I think they are doing great work, I can’t help but feel like they are missing a couple of things. Why is Harris so high up? Why is Bernie so low? I will try to answer these questions in a section I’m opening next week called «The case for», in which I will try my best to explain every potential candidate’s strengths, and also some of the hardships that they may face during the campaign. Initially, I will do this for 1 week, and if I feel the need to do any more I will do so over the week after that. I also intend to release my ranking of top contenders whenever this is all said and done. In the meantime, I think this other article from Aaron Blake at The Washington Post is better, although it still has its flaws. We will see what those are over the coming week.

Disclaimer: I do not claim to be better than any of the analysts mentioned above. I’m just expressing my own opinion.