5. Bernie Sanders: Perhaps no pick generated as much controversy last month as placing Vermont's junior senator at number five. Some wanted him higher because he retains high favorable ratings nationally and came in second to Hillary Clinton in 2016. Both are fair points, and why he's so high up on the list.
Sanders' problem is he's trailing Biden, has many of Biden's flaws (old, white and male) and carries a huge additional one: Sanders is not a Democrat. Even after winning the Democratic nomination for Senate in 2018, he
declined the nomination and forged ahead with his independent bid. Most of the people who vote in Democratic primaries are Democrats. (
Previous ranking: 5)
https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/16/politics/2020-democrats-biden/index.html
Poor form dems...