Smartt Takes February 2020: Democratic Primary is off to a Great Start

ISSUE #6

Smartt Takes is back and ready to get you through the rest of the 2020 election slog!

During our hiatus*, we saw a slew of candidates drop out.

But the dropouts didn’t really feel like they changed the calculus of the race since the same 4ish names are still dominating the coverage...and we still have 11 candidates remaining. A quick refresher on who is left in the race:
 

In: Bennet, Biden, Bloomberg, Buttigieg, Gabbard, Klobuchar, Patrick, Sanders, Steyer, Warren, Yang

Out: Booker, Bullock, Castor, de Blasio, Delaney, Gillibrand, Harris, Hickenlooper, Inslee, Messam, Moulton, O’ Rourke, Ryan, Sestak, Swalwell, Williamson, etc.*
 

2020 Primary Schedule: Lots to go:

• This week: New Hampshire (02/11). Today!
   

• Later this month: Nevada (02/22), South Carolina (02/29); and in early March we round out winter with the Super Tuesday grand slam (03/03)!
   

Election Day Countdown: 266 days
 
And now, here’s what’s happening – or not happening, as was (is?) the case in Iowa— on the campaign trail.

Just