538's Iowa Endorsement Scorecard

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538 keeps this scorecard of which Democratic candidates are receiving the most support from prominent members of the party. Based on their relative status, each endorsement is assigned a point value.

FiveThirtyEight’s point scale:

10 points
Former presidents and vice presidents
Current national party leaders

8 points
Governors
6 points
U.S. senators

5 points
Former presidential and vice-presidential nominees
Former national party leaders
2020 presidential candidates who have dropped out

3 points
U.S. representatives
Mayors of large cities

2 points
Officials in statewide elected offices
State legislative leaders

1 point
Other Democratic National Committee members

So, to date, 538 gives Biden 3 points and Warren 2 points out of a total possible 24 points for Iowa.

No other candidates has received any.

Interesting.

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1. It's also interesting that former governors aren't included in 538's point system for endorsements.

Former governor Tom Vilsack has endorsed Biden. Vilsack was a two-term governor, still has an approval rating of 53% among all voters, 69% among Democrats, in Iowa, as of last year's polling when some people thought he might run against Joni Ernst this year.