Warren Is Attracting More Supporters And More Media Attention

[bluewater]

Of all the 2020 Democratic candidates, Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s campaign has stood out for making incremental but relatively steady gains. And along with a rise in her polling numbers, Warren has been getting more media attention.

Data from the TV News Archive shows that last week Warren was mentioned more often on cable news than she had been since at least April, when FiveThirtyEight began tracking the weekly number of cable news clips mentioning 2020 Demcoratic presidential hopefuls. (TV News Archive chops up cable news on the three networks we follow — CNN, Fox News and MSNBC — into 15-second clips.)1 And according to data from Media Cloud,2 a database of online news stories, Warren was the most-mentioned candidate in online news stories last week.

While Warren was mentioned in the greatest number of online news stories last week, she has only a narrow lead over Sen. Bernie Sanders and former Vice President Joe Biden. All three were mentioned in about a third of the online news stories that mentioned any 2020 Democratic candidate, and have since late last month been mentioned in approximately the same percentage of stories. And despite her gains, Warren continues to trail Biden in cable news mentions.

Still, last week, Warren’s share of mentions rose and Biden’s fell across both mediums. That’s part of a larger trend for Biden. When he first declared his candidacy in April, Biden was consistently mentioned in more than 40 percent of all cable news clips that mentioned any Democratic candidate, but last week he was mentioned in about 32 percent — the smallest share since entering the race. And for the second time since Biden’s campaign launched, Biden dropped to the third most-mentioned candidate online while Warren led in online mentions.

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/elizabeth-warren-is-attracting-more-supporters-and-more-media-attention/

[Cartoonist]

1. I can support Warren

I can't support Joe.

I will vote blue, but will have no hope if Joe is the candidate.

[cilla4progress]

2. I've decided to throw in for

Warren (Liz?). She's been on my radar for many years - I worked for a bankruptcy attorney who reveres her for her work on overhauling the bk law, and otherwise repping and protecting consumers.

Winnable? I would want Castro or Booker on the ticket with her.

[DrToast]

3. Chicken or egg?

🤷🏻‍♂️

[colsohlibgal]

4. She Has Been Gaining Momentum

I like her chances. Saw this wonky Woman with a long last name on O’Donnell last night who said the floor for any of the top democrats was 278 Electoral votes. So apparently we do not necessarily need a more “centrist” Candidate. BTW she was dead on her predictions in 2018.