# Bill De Blasio is running for president.
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-de-blasio-is-running-for-president/834045
**Category:** Politics & Elections
**Created:** [May 16, 2019, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-de-blasio-is-running-for-president/834045 "2019-05-16T11:14:03Z")
**Posts on this page:** 16
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### Author:  [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2019, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-de-blasio-is-running-for-president/834045/1 "2019-05-16T11:14:03Z")
Personally, I’m just sort of worn out.
> **[New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio Enters 2020 Democratic Presidential Race](https://www.npr.org/2019/05/16/712492409/new-york-city-mayor-bill-de-blasio-enters-2020-democratic-presidential-race?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20190516)**
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> De Blasio is the 23rd Democratic candidate, and not the only mayor. He won current office from the back of a big primary pack, something he is mindful of as even allies have warned against a 2020 bid.
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### Author:  [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2019, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-de-blasio-is-running-for-president/834045/2 "2019-05-16T11:43:18Z")
NOOOOO! Too many! Please file candidacy forms for the 2024 election if you’re Dem. If you’re GOP, step right up front!
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### Author:  [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2019, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-de-blasio-is-running-for-president/834045/3 "2019-05-16T11:49:02Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#):
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> Personally, I’m just sort of worn out.
> [Bill De Blasio Announces Bid For 2020 Democratic Presidential Nomination : NPR](https://www.npr.org/2019/05/16/712492409/new-york-city-mayor-bill-de-blasio-enters-2020-democratic-presidential-race?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20190516)
Ugh. He’s not even that great of a mayor.
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### Author:  [@Thing\_Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing_Fish)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2019, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-de-blasio-is-running-for-president/834045/4 "2019-05-16T16:07:54Z")
Let me just commend the excellent thread title/OP username match here.
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### Author:  [@Thing\_Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing_Fish)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2019, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-de-blasio-is-running-for-president/834045/5 "2019-05-16T16:13:30Z")
I don’t know much about de Blasio specifically, but I have to say that “Mayor of New York City” seems like it _should_ be at least as credible a qualification as being a US Senator, or being Governor of a largely white rural State.
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### Author:  [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2019, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-de-blasio-is-running-for-president/834045/6 "2019-05-16T16:27:33Z")
> [@Thing\_Fish](#):
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> I don’t know much about de Blasio specifically, but I have to say that “Mayor of New York City” seems like it _should_ be at least as credible a qualification as being a US Senator, or being Governor of a largely white rural State.
I would say more credible than Senator or Congressperson who has never had executive experience.
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### Author:  [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2019, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-de-blasio-is-running-for-president/834045/7 "2019-05-16T19:06:31Z")
> [@Thing\_Fish](#):
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> Let me just commend the excellent thread title/OP username match here.
Nah, I expected it. Fucker’s got an ego.
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### Author:  [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2019, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-de-blasio-is-running-for-president/834045/8 "2019-05-17T01:11:05Z")
Weird. I thought he was already in. I’ve been seeing his name in polls.
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### Author:  [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2019, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-de-blasio-is-running-for-president/834045/9 "2019-05-17T16:35:16Z")
If Stephen Colbert is to be believed, de Blasio’s pre-announcement support in New Hampshire was 0%. Not only that but 76% of NYC voters don’t want him to run, and I’m guessing some of them actually LIKE him.
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### Author:  [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2019, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-de-blasio-is-running-for-president/834045/10 "2019-05-17T20:15:17Z")
On the one hand, New York City is a lot bigger than, say, Arkansas. On the other, though, unlike a governor, the buck doesn’t stop with a mayor: City government is subordinate to state government. And I’d really prefer to see some federal experience on a Presidential candidate.
All that said, regardless of how a big-city mayor looks in general, De Blasio specifically doesn’t appear to be a very strong candidate.
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### Author:  [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2019, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-de-blasio-is-running-for-president/834045/11 "2019-05-17T22:36:44Z")
De Blasio might want to consider what happened to [Rudy Giuliani, “America’s Mayor.”](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudy_Giuliani_2008_presidential_campaign)
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### Author:  [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)
#### Post date: [May 19, 2019, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-de-blasio-is-running-for-president/834045/12 "2019-05-19T00:47:26Z")
23’s Not Enough
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### Author:  [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)
#### Post date: [May 19, 2019, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-de-blasio-is-running-for-president/834045/13 "2019-05-19T01:29:09Z")
> [@Kent\_Clark](#):
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> If Stephen Colbert is to be believed, de Blasio’s pre-announcement support in New Hampshire was 0%. Not only that but 76% of NYC voters don’t want him to run, and I’m guessing some of them actually LIKE him.
NYC voters who want him to run just want him out of NYC and NYC politics (and don’t realize he’s term-limited - voters aren’t all that smart). They figure less BdB while he’s campaigning is the better option.
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### Author:  [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)
#### Post date: [May 19, 2019, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-de-blasio-is-running-for-president/834045/14 "2019-05-19T13:52:36Z")
Wow. Mayor of New York really is the most thankless job in the world, isn’t it?
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### Author:  [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)
#### Post date: [May 19, 2019, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-de-blasio-is-running-for-president/834045/15 "2019-05-19T14:12:00Z")
Warren Wilhelm\* is a delusional lightweight, and I say that even though I voted for him. Didn’t he do any polling? The guy isn’t even governor material. Landing the mayoral gig was punching above his weight.
- He should have kept his given name. It doesn’t have “blah” in it. The slogan for his mayoral campaigns could have been _I’m blasé about de Blasio_.
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### Author:  [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)
#### Post date: [May 19, 2019, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-de-blasio-is-running-for-president/834045/16 "2019-05-19T15:15:20Z")
> [@Kent\_Clark](#):
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> De Blasio might want to consider what happened to [Rudy Giuliani, “America’s Mayor.”](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudy_Giuliani_2008_presidential_campaign)
Heh, was gonna say that. And that happened back \*before \*Rudy went full-time, full-strength wack.