# Former NYC mayor Bloomberg to run as a Dem for president in 2020 **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [September 13, 2018, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-nyc-mayor-bloomberg-to-run-as-a-dem-for-president-in-2020/821295 "2018-09-13T20:52:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2018, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-nyc-mayor-bloomberg-to-run-as-a-dem-for-president-in-2020/821295/41 "2018-09-16T11:56:15Z")
> [@GoPostie](#): > > Sounds like a great choice; billionaire of inherited wealth vs. billionaire of inherited wealth. Got the real peoples’ touch about it. Bloomberg didn’t inherit wealth afaik. According to wiki his dad was an accountant at a dairy company. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2018, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-nyc-mayor-bloomberg-to-run-as-a-dem-for-president-in-2020/821295/42 "2018-09-16T11:56:17Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > Just what we need. > > Another corporatist democrat whose only distinguishing characteristic from republicans is they don’t care about gay marriage and will say global warming is real although they have no plan to do anything about it. Not only that but he is a straight up authoritarian. Is everyone forgetting stop and frisk? ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2019, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-nyc-mayor-bloomberg-to-run-as-a-dem-for-president-in-2020/821295/43 "2019-11-07T22:45:27Z")
[Well, he’s back.](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/michael-bloomberg-2020-presidential-race_n_5dc49a04e4b00927b23032bc?amp=1) > [@](#): > > **Michael Bloomberg To Announce He’s Joining The 2020 Presidential Race: Report** > > Billionaire businessman Michael Bloomberg is reportedly preparing to join the 2020 presidential race this week, after previously announcing that he would not run. > > The former mayor of New York City is expected to file paperwork that would designate himself as a Democratic primary candidate in at least one state, Alabama, which has an early filing deadline, people familiar with the plan told The New York Times on Thursday. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2019, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-nyc-mayor-bloomberg-to-run-as-a-dem-for-president-in-2020/821295/44 "2019-11-07T22:52:58Z")
Fuck ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2019, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-nyc-mayor-bloomberg-to-run-as-a-dem-for-president-in-2020/821295/45 "2019-11-07T23:06:49Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > Fuck Hang on. This may not be bad. All those voters who think rich=smart might flip to the Dem side. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2019, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-nyc-mayor-bloomberg-to-run-as-a-dem-for-president-in-2020/821295/46 "2019-11-07T23:13:51Z")
Lol, in trying to stop Warren, he just immensely helped her by: 1. Showing the powerful are actually scared of her\* 2. If he continues, he’ll merely split the moderate “why can’t things be like the 90s” voters with Biden, Buttigieg, and others, thereby helping Warren seal the nom. Politickin’ is hard. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2019, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-nyc-mayor-bloomberg-to-run-as-a-dem-for-president-in-2020/821295/47 "2019-11-07T23:13:34Z")
Clearly a shot at Warren and Bernie’s popularity. I’m just glad that some narcissistic “centrist” billionaire hasn’t decided to run as an independent…yet. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2019, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-nyc-mayor-bloomberg-to-run-as-a-dem-for-president-in-2020/821295/48 "2019-11-07T23:18:26Z")
Nice strategy, Bloomberg. :rolleyes: Wait until there have already been lots of debates, and everyone has trashed each other, and others have dropped out. Then hop on in. I sez fuck off. Try again in 4 more years, dickhead. I promise not to vote for you then, either. (Unless you somehow end up as the only one up against Trump this time. Then you’ve got my vote. Asshole.) ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2019, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-nyc-mayor-bloomberg-to-run-as-a-dem-for-president-in-2020/821295/49 "2019-11-07T23:32:29Z")
Sorry… \*Bill Gates! WTF, man! _I guess if the decision is between an mentally deteriorating white Supremacist in the WH vs. a hypothetical which leaves me with a mere $7,000,000,000… well, I don’t know about that last, guys. I mean, America was great and all, but… **just** $7,000,000,000? Let me dwell on that…_ ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2019, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-nyc-mayor-bloomberg-to-run-as-a-dem-for-president-in-2020/821295/50 "2019-11-07T23:34:06Z")
Seeing how half of democratic primary voters want to vote for Warren or Sanders, what value will Bloomberg bring? The public are clamoring for reform. As long as he doesn’t run as an independent. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2019, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-nyc-mayor-bloomberg-to-run-as-a-dem-for-president-in-2020/821295/51 "2019-11-07T23:49:52Z")
There’s nothing wrong with Bloomberg running as a Democrat. I have no problem with that. If he was running third party, that would be awful, but as a Democrat it’s absolutely fine. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-nyc-mayor-bloomberg-to-run-as-a-dem-for-president-in-2020/821295/52 "2019-11-08T00:06:33Z")
And here, I thought, as I was reading through this thread that it was bumped to mock the OP’s prognostication skills, because it’s obviously far past when anyone could be declaring their candidacy, and he hadn’t. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-nyc-mayor-bloomberg-to-run-as-a-dem-for-president-in-2020/821295/53 "2019-11-08T01:16:27Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Lol, in trying to stop Warren, he just immensely helped her by: > > 1. Showing the powerful are actually scared of her\* > 2. If he continues, he’ll merely split the moderate “why can’t things be like the 90s” voters with Biden, Buttigieg, and others, thereby helping Warren seal the nom. > > Politickin’ is hard. I’m sure you could sure teach that self made billionaire former mayor of New York a thing or two! Like your ability to know so confidently that he just helped Warren. I mean her recent plan announcements just scared the shit out of upper middle class and they would be pretty happy to have a new choice, but you know this will just energize all those people concerned about the rich being scared. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-nyc-mayor-bloomberg-to-run-as-a-dem-for-president-in-2020/821295/54 "2019-11-08T01:23:07Z")
Lol, OK. Yeah, the number of Dems interested in voting for Blooomberg is so overwhelming that it’s a wonder he ever dropped out in the first place. Is that the new narrative? He’s not getting _her_ voters, so am interested in hearing how his possibly pealing off support from Biden, et al, harms her chances? If the “concerned for the rich” voter (really? Is that a real thing?) wants a safe harbor, there’s already Biden. Or Buttigieg. Or Weld. Or Booker. Or Trump. I can say one thing with assurance, however: the votes Bloomberg gets will not be coming from Warren. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-nyc-mayor-bloomberg-to-run-as-a-dem-for-president-in-2020/821295/55 "2019-11-08T01:38:29Z")
I know a couple posters on this board that had settled on Warren as the more vibrant and decently electable candidate - her all in plans of the last week has scared them. I hate to break it to you politicking expert, but she will lose votes to a moderate and since this isn’t a first past the post situation, splitting them matters less than you seem to think. No frigging way is she clocking majority vote because of a vote split. ---
**Author:** ![Damuri\_Ajashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-nyc-mayor-bloomberg-to-run-as-a-dem-for-president-in-2020/821295/56 "2019-11-08T02:01:08Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > So republican light is what you want? > > Fuck that. This is not the time for pushing radical agendas. Lets fight about that after we have decisively settled the issue of whether pandering to white supremacists is politically viable or not. > [@](#): > > What is considered the “left wing” of the party today used to be mainstream a few decades ago. The “center” has been pushed to the right. Really? Because decades ago, gay marriage would never have gotten any traction. Decades ago, there were a significant number of pro-life Democrats. Decades ago, many of Bernie Sanders’ proposals would be considered socialist if not communist. > [@](#): > > Seems to me Bloomberg aims to be a spoiler. He can’t win but he can screw over a left candidate who would otherwise win by splitting the ticket and I suspect that is his only goal. Then noone will vote for him. People are voting against Trump, not FOR any particular candidate. We just need a candidate that won’t scare off voters to put up against Trump. Right now that looks like Biden and I don’t see what advantage Bloomberg has over Biden and Bloomberg can use his money without running for office. ---
**Author:** ![Damuri\_Ajashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-nyc-mayor-bloomberg-to-run-as-a-dem-for-president-in-2020/821295/57 "2019-11-08T02:04:13Z")
> [@Thing\_Fish](#): > > No chance the Democrats nominate anyone remotely acceptable to the NRA. They will lose some votes by pushing hard for gun control, but I think they’d lose more by not doing so. You may be right, but the votes they would lose by pushing gun control will be in swing states and the votes they lose by not pushing gun control will be in blue states. We don’t need to win California by 5 million votes again only to lose the rest of the country by 2 million votes. ---
**Author:** ![Chingon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chingon/32/17645_2.png) [@Chingon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chingon)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-nyc-mayor-bloomberg-to-run-as-a-dem-for-president-in-2020/821295/58 "2019-11-08T02:06:07Z")
We? ---
**Author:** ![Damuri\_Ajashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-nyc-mayor-bloomberg-to-run-as-a-dem-for-president-in-2020/821295/59 "2019-11-08T02:07:43Z")
> [@JXJohns](#): > > Just curious of who a liberal, life long gun proponent might be if they do exist. I’m coming up short… Bernie Sanders is not as bad on guns as some of the others. The NRA is going to be out in full force no matter what because the NRA is no longer a single issue organization. They are now a partisan organization. They now have opinions about unions and taxes. ---
**Author:** ![Damuri\_Ajashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-nyc-mayor-bloomberg-to-run-as-a-dem-for-president-in-2020/821295/60 "2019-11-08T02:09:32Z")
> [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > Roughly half of democratic primary voters are liberals now. Unless he can win them over, I don’t see him winning a primary. I think people give a shit about electability. I would vote for him if I thought he had a better chance than Biden. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-nyc-mayor-bloomberg-to-run-as-a-dem-for-president-in-2020/821295.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-nyc-mayor-bloomberg-to-run-as-a-dem-for-president-in-2020/821295.md?page=4)