From bottom-up fundraising to shifting perceptions of the candidates, the first quarter of 2019 revealed Democrats as a party in transition as they prepare to take on Trump
By Matt Viser and Matt Viser National political reporter Email Bio Follow Dan Balz Dan Balz Chief correspondent covering national politics, the presidency and Congress Email Bio Follow March 30 at 5:14 PM Three months into the Democratic presidential primary battle, the contest has emerged as one of the most wide open in a generation — with multiple candidates showing staying power, enthusiastic crowds at events and money pouring into campaign coffers.
Sen. Kamala D. Harris addresses supporters at a campaign rally at Morehouse College in Atlanta on March 24. At the same time, Democratic voters, in their zeal to find an alternative to President Trump, have shown a willingness to look beyond the traditional profile of a potential president — with Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Ind., surging from obscurity to become a factor and, last week, drawing more Google searches than anyone else in the field.
The Mueller report has not been made public yet, but already its reported findings — and Attorney General William P. Barr’s decision that a charge of presidential obstruction was not warranted — have changed the parameters for 2020: Democrats probably will have to try to defeat Trump the old-fashioned way — at the ballot box — rather than with an assist from prosecutors or an impeachment process.
The size of the field, however, complicates the Democrats’ efforts to draw a clear contrast with the president. At this point, candidates are busy introducing themselves while Trump has a megaphone to attack them collectively. “The ability to raise millions of dollars in small in increments has become critical,” said Guy Cecil, who chairs Priorities USA, a Democratic super PAC. “That is a huge change even from four years ago.”
“What an inversion of how campaigns have been funded before,” said Dan Pfeiffer, an adviser to President Barack Obama and co-host of “Pod Save America.” “Biden is a former vice president who has been in politics for years — probably knows every bundler, every big donor that has been in politics for decades. And he’s worried about being outraised by a former three-term congressman because of online fundraising.
Her policy proposals have been aimed at what she calls deep structural changes in the economy and the political system. Yet Warren is also in the unusual position of having her standing decline from pre-campaign expectations, to the point that last week her campaign manager sent out a fundraising appeal spelling out why she is electable.
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