If I Were A Democrat…

Who would I vote for in the 2020 Democratic primary coming in like 13 months?

Well I’ve run them down and here’s a list. Go read my analysis of the 13 top front runners.

• Former Vice President Joe Biden
• -New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker
• –South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg
• –Former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro
• –Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard
• -California Sen. Kamala Harris 
• –Washington Gov. Jay Inslee 
• –Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar 
• –Former Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke 
• -Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders 
• –Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren
• -Tech Entrepreneur Andrew Yang 
• -Motivational speaker Marianne Williamson

If I had to vote in the 2020 Democratic primary, I’d vote for either Tulsi Gabbard or Pete Buttigieg because they have some level of competence and seem to have some libertarian ideas, but I think they both fail on the economic literacy test and I don’t think we need anymore presidents who are economic illiterates. The last time we had a president who actually knew something about economics, Ronald Reagan was in the White House and he was far from the perfect libertarian candidate.

If Trump and either Gabbard or Buttigieg were in the general election, I’d be tempted to vote for either of them. If it came down to Joe Biden or Trump, I would definitely vote third-party or (increasingly considering) not vote at all.

Yes, there are other people in the race and if they suddenly break out of the single-digit poll numbers, I’ll look at them, but for now – well, I’m going to go look at the other fields.