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A Quick Rundown of the Current Democratic Candidates Running for President

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Wisconsin chapter.

It’s election year again, folks! It seems like the incident of 2016 was yesterday, but thankfully, we have a chance to fix it! Please vote. I’m begging you. 

Since the election will most likely be Trump or Pence vs the Democratic pick, it’s important to know who the candidates for the Democratic ticket are. In 2019, I made a list of the Democratic candidates that were running, but a lot has happened since then. We lost both Kamala and Corey, as well as a bunch of people whose names we’ve all forgotten. Considering that, here are the remaining candidates summed up in 50 words or less.

Michael Bennet

He has the energy of the girl with a lot of feelings at the end of Mean Girls. I don’t know if he’s got anything going on right now, in all honesty. 

Michael Bloomberg

Former mayor of New York and VERY rich. I was trying to watch videos from Kitchen Nightmares, but it seemed that every other ad was one of his. Guess he knows how to target the general public.

Joe Biden

Are we really going to ignore everything he’s done? No. We aren’t. Take a shot every time he mentions he was Vice President. 

Pete Buttigieg

Intersectional Reaganomics and Classism but WOKE. 

John Delaney

John, I know you’re doing your best, but visiting every county in Iowa isn’t really much of an achievement.

Tulsi Gabbard

She supported Bernie back in 2016, which is cool. But she also met with Al-Assad. It’s a mixed bag really.

Bernie Sanders

Democratic Socialist and known for passing a lot of legislation. Protested for civil rights in the 1960s. Hillary probably ghosts him.

Amy Klobuchar

The way she went after Kavanaugh was LEGENDARY. Will personally end the opioid crisis. 

Deval Patrick

Second black governor elected in the US. His emphasis on life sciences in Massachusetts is very endearing to me as a genetics major.

Tom Steyer

NextGen guy, spending his money on this for some reason. Achieved his goal of impeaching Tr*mp.

Elizabeth Warren

She’s just vibing, bro. Straight vibing. She’s got a plan for that. Don’t worry. 

Andrew Yang

Universal Basic Income, baby. Our boy Yang has a UBI, aka Freedom Dividend– $1,000 for all Americans.

When you’re voting for real, do in depth research on the candidates. Please.

Shailaja Singh

Wisconsin '23

Genetics major at UW Madison, class of 2023. Loves writing, music, culture, and science!
I am a senior at the greatest university— the University of Wisconsin. I am in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, double tracking in reporting and strategic communications and earning a certificate in and Digital Studies. I am a lover of dance, hiking, writing for Her Campus, the Badgers and strawberry acais. I am also a president of Her Campus Wisconsin.