During an interview with Kara Swisher of the technology website Recode, former presidential nominee candidate Hillary Clinton gave mixed signals about her actions for the 2020 election.
When originally asked about her intentions Clinton said “no,” followed by a pause, then “no” once again. Swisher noted the hesitation causing Clinton to reconsider. She suggested that the next Democratic president will have the duty of improving the international standing of the United States.
“Well I’d like to be president,” Clinton said during the taping. “The work would be work that I feel very well prepared for having been at the Senate for eight years, having been a diplomat in the State Department, and it’s just going to be a lot of heavy lifting.”
Just a few weeks ago Philippe Reines wrote a strong piece for Politico magazine on why Clinton would make a strong 2020 presidential candidate. Reines is a longtime Clinton loyalist noted that the chances we would see Clinton on the ballots are “somewhere between highly unlikely and zero” but “not zero.”
No one Democratic candidate has appeared to be the standout candidate for the upcoming 2020 election. Joe Biden and Sanders are the two leaders in pools lately. Despite these two being poll leaders Clinton has beaten both of them previous. Biden was defeated by Clinton in 2008 while in 2016 she took down Sanders.
Gallup did a study on the former Secretary of State’s favorability with U.S. adults. The results are unchanged from last November. They’re reported to be at a record low of 36 percent after the loss of the 2016 election.
During much of her time in the limelight Clinton tended to be quite popular with the masses. Much of her lack of favorability comes after the allegations of her improper handling of classified emails.
After her loss in 2016 Clinton was pushed into darkness on the political scene. Clinton did release a memoir of the 2016 campaign and some occasional public appearances. While in the past these sorts of things tended to increase Clinton’s public popularity but that’s not the case.
“Instead, opinion about Clinton remains about as sharply divided along political lines now as it was just before the 2016 election.” Gallup’s article read. “Virtually no Republicans see her favorably (4 percent), and less than a third of independents have positive feelings about Clinton. […] Clinton’s favorable rating among Democrats fell 11 points to 76 percent just after the election; it has not improved significantly in the ensuing months, and currently stands at 77 percent.”
With this information we can see that if Clinton decides to run for the Democratic Party if is clear that she would be starting off in a worse position than the 2016 election. Without the party elites it would be nearly impossible for Clinton to pull out a win. On the flip side it can be argued that she could win based off her name recognition, fundraising ability and the millions of loyal Democratic voters who think she was robbed.
“Clinton is someone I respect,” junior Lauren Finnegan said, “She has overcome so many hurdles throughout her political career that it’s hard not to show respect. If she does run for president again that will just show us how much more resilient she is.”
Whatever Clinton may decide to do for the 2020 election we can count on her forgoing retirement as she continues to be a major voice in shaping the Democratic Party for years to come.
because it was so great the first time i will self immolate on independence square like the buddist monks did during the vietnam war ………..that will be my protest…………