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Elections

Joe Biden’s Greatest 2020 Strength—and Biggest Weakness

PRIMARY SEASON

Biden is the front-runner—for now. Can the other candidates catch up to his nostalgia factor?

Gideon Resnick

Political Reporter

Updated Jun. 26, 2019 4:14PM ET / Published Jan. 03, 2019 5:08AM ET 
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Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast

It appears increasingly likely that the 2020 Democratic primary field will be the most wide open in recent memory, and perhaps in the history of American politics. As candidates move through the nomination process, there are already arguments being made as to the strengths—and weaknesses—of those who have entered the field and their chances in a general election against President Trump.

JOE BIDEN

Date of campaign launch: April 25, 2019

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