Watson Center Poll: Democrats could be in danger if an independent candidate gets in the ring

[okaawhatever]

Wason Center poll: A generic independent presidential candidate in 2020 siphons *five times as many* votes from Democrats as from Trump (16% versus 3%).

The scenarios, with and without:

Democrat 48%, Trump 37%

Trump 34%, Democrat 32%, Independent 16%
—@sahilkapur

Another story from the NY Mag: Intelligencer

Howard Schultz’s Own Polling Finds His Campaign Would Reelect Trump

http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/02/howard-schultz-own-polling-reelect-trump.htm

I think solidarity may be the battle cry for 2020.

[leftofcool]

1. Republicans are looking for a 3rd party candidate right now.

[okaawhatever]

3. My thoughts exactly. They're probably forwarding the resumes of any potential indy candidate to Vlad

for his da or nyet.

[still_one]

2. I think if Biden enters the race, that becomes less likely. If neither Sanders or Biden were

in the race I think it would be less likely. However, that isn't the way it is going to be