US 2020 Democratic Candidates
An Exploration in Campaigns and Net Worth
Rohan Lewis
May 5th, 2020
Summary
A friend of mine asked me on a Facebook post, “Who is Mike
I originally saw something similar here. My original visualization and html are here.
I did not like it, so I gathered some data. I found campaign information from 2020 United States presidential election page on Wikipedia. I found a concise source of net worth for most candidates at Forbes.
I used R 3.5.3 and ggplot2.
Campaigns
Note
From here, I modified the dataset.
I eliminated Gravel, Hickenlooper, Messam, Ojeda, Patrick, and Salwell. I did not have Net Worth Data for them.
I eliminated all Suspensions, and only looked at Announcements.
Net Worth
Appendix
The complete code and RMarkdown can be found at my GitHub.
Summary
| Name | Birthdate | Worth | Enter | Exit | Campaign |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomberg, Mike | 1942-02-14 | 61800000000 | 2019-11-24 | 2020-03-04 | Caucus |
| Patrick, Deval | 1956-07-31 | NA | 2019-11-14 | 2020-02-12 | Caucus |
| Steyer, Tom | 1957-06-27 | 1600000000 | 2019-07-09 | 2020-03-29 | Caucus |
| Sestak, Joe | 1951-12-12 | 6000000 | 2019-06-23 | 2019-12-01 | Suspended |
| De Blasio, Bill | 1961-05-08 | 2500000 | 2019-05-16 | 2019-09-20 | Suspended |
| Bullock, Steve | 1966-04-11 | 1500000 | 2019-05-14 | 2019-12-02 | Suspended |
| Bennet, Michael | 1964-11-28 | 15000000 | 2019-05-02 | 2020-02-11 | Caucus |
| Biden, Joe | 1942-11-20 | 9000000 | 2019-04-25 | NA | Remaining |
| Moulton, Seth | 1978-10-24 | 1000000 | 2019-04-22 | 2019-08-23 | Suspended |
| Buttigieg, Pete | 1982-01-19 | 100000 | 2019-04-14 | 2020-03-01 | Caucus |
| Salwell, Eric | 1980-11-16 | NA | 2019-04-08 | 2019-07-08 | Suspended |
| Ryan, Tim | 1973-07-16 | 500000 | 2019-04-04 | 2019-10-24 | Suspended |
| Gravel, Mike | 1930-05-13 | NA | 2019-04-02 | 2019-08-06 | Suspended |
| Messam, Wayne | 1974-06-07 | NA | 2019-03-28 | 2019-11-19 | Suspended |
| Gillibrand, Kirsten | 1966-12-09 | 1000000 | 2019-03-17 | 2019-08-28 | Suspended |
| O’Rourke, Beto | 1972-09-26 | 4000000 | 2019-03-14 | 2019-11-01 | Suspended |
| Hickenlooper, John | 1952-02-07 | NA | 2019-03-04 | 2019-08-15 | Suspended |
| Inslee, Jay | 1951-02-09 | 2000000 | 2019-03-01 | 2019-08-21 | Suspended |
| Sanders, Bernie | 1941-09-08 | 2500000 | 2019-02-19 | 2020-04-08 | Caucus |
| Warren, Elizabeth | 1949-06-22 | 12000000 | 2019-02-11 | 2020-03-05 | Caucus |
| Klobuchar, Amy | 1960-05-25 | 2000000 | 2019-02-10 | 2020-03-02 | Caucus |
| Booker, Cory | 1969-04-27 | 1500000 | 2019-02-01 | 2020-01-13 | Suspended |
| Williamson, Marianne | 1952-07-08 | 1500000 | 2019-01-28 | 2020-01-10 | Suspended |
| Harris, Kamala | 1964-10-20 | 6000000 | 2019-01-21 | 2019-12-03 | Suspended |
| Castro, Julián | 1974-09-16 | 700000 | 2019-01-12 | 2020-01-02 | Suspended |
| Gabbard, Tulsi | 1981-04-12 | 500000 | 2019-01-11 | 2020-03-19 | Caucus |
| Ojeda, Richard | 1970-09-25 | NA | 2018-11-11 | 2019-01-25 | Suspended |
| Yang, Andrew | 1975-01-13 | 1000000 | 2017-11-06 | 2020-02-11 | Caucus |
| Delaney, John | 1963-04-16 | 200000000 | 2017-07-28 | 2020-01-31 | Suspended |
Note
| Name | Birthdate | Worth | Enter | Exit | Campaign |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomberg, Mike | 1942-02-14 | 61800000000 | 2019-11-24 | 2020-03-04 | Caucus |
| Steyer, Tom | 1957-06-27 | 1600000000 | 2019-07-09 | 2020-03-29 | Caucus |
| Sestak, Joe | 1951-12-12 | 6000000 | 2019-06-23 | 2019-12-01 | Suspended |
| De Blasio, Bill | 1961-05-08 | 2500000 | 2019-05-16 | 2019-09-20 | Suspended |
| Bullock, Steve | 1966-04-11 | 1500000 | 2019-05-14 | 2019-12-02 | Suspended |
| Bennet, Michael | 1964-11-28 | 15000000 | 2019-05-02 | 2020-02-11 | Caucus |
| Biden, Joe | 1942-11-20 | 9000000 | 2019-04-25 | NA | Remaining |
| Moulton, Seth | 1978-10-24 | 1000000 | 2019-04-22 | 2019-08-23 | Suspended |
| Buttigieg, Pete | 1982-01-19 | 100000 | 2019-04-14 | 2020-03-01 | Caucus |
| Ryan, Tim | 1973-07-16 | 500000 | 2019-04-04 | 2019-10-24 | Suspended |
| Gillibrand, Kirsten | 1966-12-09 | 1000000 | 2019-03-17 | 2019-08-28 | Suspended |
| O’Rourke, Beto | 1972-09-26 | 4000000 | 2019-03-14 | 2019-11-01 | Suspended |
| Inslee, Jay | 1951-02-09 | 2000000 | 2019-03-01 | 2019-08-21 | Suspended |
| Sanders, Bernie | 1941-09-08 | 2500000 | 2019-02-19 | 2020-04-08 | Caucus |
| Warren, Elizabeth | 1949-06-22 | 12000000 | 2019-02-11 | 2020-03-05 | Caucus |
| Klobuchar, Amy | 1960-05-25 | 2000000 | 2019-02-10 | 2020-03-02 | Caucus |
| Booker, Cory | 1969-04-27 | 1500000 | 2019-02-01 | 2020-01-13 | Suspended |
| Williamson, Marianne | 1952-07-08 | 1500000 | 2019-01-28 | 2020-01-10 | Suspended |
| Harris, Kamala | 1964-10-20 | 6000000 | 2019-01-21 | 2019-12-03 | Suspended |
| Castro, Julián | 1974-09-16 | 700000 | 2019-01-12 | 2020-01-02 | Suspended |
| Gabbard, Tulsi | 1981-04-12 | 500000 | 2019-01-11 | 2020-03-19 | Caucus |
| Yang, Andrew | 1975-01-13 | 1000000 | 2017-11-06 | 2020-02-11 | Caucus |
| Delaney, John | 1963-04-16 | 200000000 | 2017-07-28 | 2020-01-31 | Suspended |