Still Standing

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the election campaign is getting underway and the race to the Democratic Challenger Donald Trump is great.

Last Summer there were nearly 30 serious candidates vying to the attention of The Party supporters, But less than ten are Still Standing .

Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders are relatively well-known front-runner, But some of the trackers were mostly unknown outside of the Washington DC bubble before the execution.

Here is our overview of the candidates left in the race, with one of the BBC's Anthony Zurcher on each.

Who are you? What are your main problems? What is your Secret Weapon against President Trump? We have it All covered.

The trump card-in the year 2020? You can filter The List using the categories below. 8 candidates in total, Joe Biden , 11/20/1942 Obama' s VP

veteran politicians, a Delaware senator for More Than three decades before Barack Obama with Vice-President in 2009.

key topics: reconstruction of the Middle Class ; investment in the Federal infrastructure; tuition-free public universities.

Anthony's take: For the better part of 2019, campaign observers in the media and the political world waited, the former Vice-President stumbles and bumbles, to catch up with Him . All candidates (Cory Booker , Kamala Harris , and others) were built on the premise that the early peak was a rider ready for a fall.

That didn't ultimately happen. While the other candidates rose and disappeared, Biden on hold. His support has been stubbornly stable, drawing largely from the elderly, moderate and black voters.

have as much money or draw crowds as large as some of its competitors - and at the end of catch. He has not faded, But he has not wavered either - and the only way this can happen is if he is the safe Harbor-the candidate for voters concerned about the radical alternatives.

But even if The Road is rocky, Biden has proven he has stamina.

Secret Weapon : convenience. Like an old pair of jeans, Biden is known, unthreatening lot. After four years of Donald Trump , could be The Ticket to Victory .

Elizabeth Warren 06/22/1949 Wall Street-critics

Progressive senator from Massachusetts, was a law school professor before his entry into politics.

key topics: property tax, health care and the right to an abortion; to criminalize corporate negligence.

Anthony's take: It was a moment, in the late summer, when it seemed that Elizabeth Warren would be the candidate of the Democrats, when the calendar turned to the year 2020. Then they got bogged down and explain to recalibrate their health care proposals, voters showed up concern about her "electability"-and an end-of-the-year spat between her and Bernie Sanders , both sides " Fans at each other's throats.

she still has many of the strengths that your advancement is possible - a well-financed and extensive campaign organization, "I have a plan for the" campaign message that appeals to solutions-oriented voters, and star-power appeal for many on The Left .

to be your challenge seems to be that she is trapped, between the moderate voters who choose candidates like Biden and Buttigieg, and the liberal ones, with glue - or back to Sanders. It is a case of now deceased candidates like Kamala Harris , and Beto O'rourke are very familiar with.

Secret Weapon : the Selfie-shooting. Warren has become a very underrated fighter, the improvement of their stump speech, as it goes along, and with an irrepressible energy on rallies and town halls, where they are often posing for photos with Fans for hours on end.

Bernie Sanders 09/08/1941 Mr Anti-Establishment -

Vermont senator and self-proclaimed "Democratic socialist," who came close to the nomination in 2016.

key topics: Medicare-for-All -universal health care; increase taxes on the wealthiest Americans; increase the minimum wage.

Anthony's take: The big question hovering above Sanders' 2020 presidential campaign was, if it would expenses be to capture The Magic of 2016.

For a while, it was no Sure Thing . The 78-year-old candidate had a Heart Attack in October, concerns about his age. He was competing in a much more crowded field, the other liberal heavy weight, Elizabeth Warren . His polling support ebbed and flowed much of the year 2019.

By early 2020, however, he had re-established itself again as the progressive standard-bearer, whose sometimes gruff and always consistent message about income inequality and corporate greed, gave Him a charisma, the much-sought-after modern political quality - authenticity.

To win the nomination, he'll either include you on a field, where the moderate democratic vote remains divided, or ensure that its base reflects the diversity of the Democratic Party , while the deflection, what a fierce effort by some in The Party to derail his campaign.

Secret Weapon : loyalty. More Than any other democratic candidate, Sanders, a core group of followers who stuck with it through thick and thin has. You desperately, as he lost in 2016, and is planning his political revival since then. Now your time has Come .

Pete Buttigieg 01/19/1982 mid-West, the thousand years

Former mayor of South Bend , Indiana, a military veteran, and the only openly gay presidential candidate.

core themes: Political reform, LGBTQ rights, college loan relief.

Anthony's take: Pete Buttigieg came out of nowhere (technically, Indiana) burst onto The National political scene in the year 2019.

He experienced Two polling surges in early voting in Iowa and New Hampshire , in the course of the year, as its seriousness, rhetorical agility, freshness, attractiveness and groundbreaking nature of his candidacy attracted popular support, and top-of-field-campaign fundraising amounts.

The biggest question, which is for his campaign, whether the attention and the interest he generated in those early States translated into success as the democratic race moves into States with a more diverse voters, a reflection of the composition of the Democratic Party nationwide.

Numerous polls show Him with little or no support from black voters, for example. If he can't change, that the heady days of the election advertising to the enthusiastic crowds in Iowa and New Hampshire will quickly Come to an end.

Secret Weapon : time. As one of The First millennials to run for President, the majority of the Buttigieg political career is still ahead of Him - and his early success is a sign of things to Come .

Michael Bloomberg 02/14/1942 wealthy ex-mayor

Former banker and mayor of New York , one of the richest men In America .

key topics: the economy, immigration, Gun Control , Climate Change .

Anthony's take: Michael Bloomberg is a very data-driven business man. But it does not take to recognize an advanced degree in the quantitative analysis, that the Democratic field, even at this late date, is still in the river.

His strategy seems to be To Let the current top riders fight in early voting States, then take on a reduced field later in The Process with its virtually unlimited resources. He spends very heavily on national advertising and a focus on the "Super Tuesday " States such as Texas and California, which gets a great impact on the democratic nomination.

It is a risky game that only someone of Mr. Bloomberg can afford a huge wealth to make.

Although Bloomberg-pay survey, the ticking, it is hard to imagine that the more liberal members of The Party , the support of a business-friendly New York City plutocrat ex-Republican - especially one who could put an end to the threat to a progressive candidate like Sanders or Warren.

Bloomberg could even split the moderate vote in The March primaries, thus The Path to the nomination easier for a liberal favorite.

Secret Weapon : and cost a lot of money. No One has a campaign like Bloomberg. Then Again , No One had the huge sums of money to a campaign like his. He is carpet bombing the airwaves and online in a way that is unprecedented in modern U.S. political History .

Amy Klobuchar 05/25/1960 Convivial senator

Three-term Minnesota senator who has shown she can win votes in a Midwestern battleground state.

main topics: investment in infrastructure; Mental Health programs; lowering prescription drug prices.

Anthony's take: Amy Klobuchar in the race as a Dark Horse , and they remained largely in The Shadows .

As The Field and The Debate that took you some support, But she has never been out in movement to The Top -tier candidates, some expected. In Iowa, the boundaries of their home state of Minnesota, it remains far behind The Front of The Pack .

Climate Change ; the health care sector.

Anthony's take:

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Source of news: bbc.com