The OLLI Politics Interest Group updated its ranking of the Democratic Presidential Candidates at its October meeting.
Here's the current ranking:
1. Pete Buttigieg
2. Elizabeth Warren
3. Amy Klobuchar
These three candidates were the clear favorites of the group with Buttigieg the preferred candidate. Maybe Lincoln Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird is was correct in her assessment of Lincoln's voters with her recent endorsement of Buttigieg? Three other candidates got modest support: Joe Biden, Kamala Harris and Cory Booker. No other candidate received any support from the October attendees. That is especially surprising to the Bernie Sanders campaign. But many people seemed to think that his recent heart attack was damaging to his chances.
To refresh your memory hers is how the candidates ranked in the February, 2019 ranking by the OLLI group:
1. Amy Klobuchar
2. Elizabeth Warren
3. Kamala Harris
4. Sherrod Brown
5. Joe Biden
6. Cory Booker
7. Beto O'Rourke
8. Bernie Sanders
9. Kirsten Gillibrand
10. Pete Buttigieg
On to the Iowa caucuses! For your information, OLLI is planning a trip to Council Bluffs on Monday, Feb. 3, 2020 to observe a Democratic caucus. Watch for details in the OLLI Term 3 catalog.
More details at: https://olli.unl.edu/special-interest-groups