What Democrats must do to defeat Trump

When little known California congressman Eric Swalwell announced his decision to seek the Democratic presidential nomination this month, the former county prosecutor became the 18th Democratic candidate to enter the race. There are so many Democrats running for president of the United States that it’s becoming tiresome to track them all. Most—like Swalwell, Maryland congressman John Delaney, Hawaii congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, author Marianne Williamson, and businessman Andrew Yang—have about as much of a chance winning the Democratic party nomination as Huddersfield do of becoming Premier League champions. But improbability has never stopped the most narcissistic politician from believing he or she is qualified to run the most powerful country on the planet. Why should it now?

Americans are more than two months away from the first Democratic presidential debate, yet the 2020 Democratic primary has already been going on for months. Presidential election seasons in the United States begin earlier and earlier with each passing cycle; 2020 contenders were campaigning, fundraising, and acting like presidential candidates long before they officially declared their candidacies.