Is 2020 too crowded for the Obama strategy?

[AltWorlder]

In terms of swooping in as the brave new hope in a crowded field of at times interchangeable or indistinguishable candidates. 2008 had a lot of contenders, but 2020 feels even more stuffed and not only do we have multiple minority and/or female candidates, multiple young candidates in their 30s, but multiple people who might be trying to pull an Obama (Beto possibly, Gillum possibly, Stacey Abrams?)

[Progressive Pessimist]

Probably. Whoever wins is probably going to be victorious due mostly to their opposition being split among the wealth of other candidates. The question is who that candidate will be.

[AltWorlder]

Probably. Whoever wins is probably going to be victorious due mostly to their opposition being split among the wealth of other candidates. The question is who that candidate will be.

So it's gonna be more like a Trump strategy. How ironic.

[AltWorlder]

Wait what if Buttigieg is the new Obama and not one of the 2018 electoral losers

[UWS]

Probably. Whoever wins is probably going to be victorious due mostly to their opposition being split among the wealth of other candidates. The question is who that candidate will be.

So it's gonna be more like a Trump strategy. How ironic.

Because of the crowded field of 17 Republican candidates in 2016?

[MAINEiac4434]

Yeah, this is why I feel like Beto (the only one with any real Obama energy) waited too long to get in. All the oxygen is being sucked up already.

[AltWorlder]

Probably. Whoever wins is probably going to be victorious due mostly to their opposition being split among the wealth of other candidates. The question is who that candidate will be.

So it's gonna be more like a Trump strategy. How ironic.

Because of the crowded field of 17 Republican candidates in 2016?

Yep. So instead of standing apart because of being a young, inspiring, underrepresented candidate from a large field, you kinda have to let everyone else in an absurdly large field destroy each other. The other half of the Trump strategy is to be a loud rabble-rouser with radical views, but I don't think any of the Democratic candidates will pursue that.

[AltWorlder]

538: Who’s Taking Up Obama’s Mantle In 2020?

In the end, the most important aspect of Obama’s legacy — more important than being an outsider, a pragmatist or a historic first — may be his charisma, his ability to inspire voters with crowd-stirring speeches.

That's just a pithy concluding sentence, but it captures the different qualities this article examines as defining Obama's legacy (at least as a winning candidate)