with the only two significant candidates representing the left fringe and the right fringe of the democratic party, the 2020 primaries developed some interesting dynamics. most establishment figures and groups (the congressional black caucus, congressional leaders schumer and pelosi, former president obama, … the 'most' is not an exaggeration) not only refrained from endorsing either candidate, but floated the idea of a latecoming compromise candidate until well into the race (long after it stopped beïng at all feasible).
publicly, at least. but after rep.
antonio's landslide win in the california primary (which, this year, occupied the fifth-earliëst slot in the calendar - after ia/nh/nv/sc and a week before super tuesday), money and experiënced operatives quiëtly began flooding in to sen.
goth's campaign.
in the end, this substantial, but covert, support failed to overcome rep.
antonio's hypermotivated support from the grassroots, protesters, etc, but the race remained close throughout, and online discussions on the race were apocalyptically vitriolic.