Toc, toc: troppi democratici bussano all’Ufficio Ovale per buttare fuori Trump

Elizabeth Warren has been a favourite of the progressive left since she emerged on the political scene to push for tougher regulation of the financial sector after the 2008 economic crash.

Barack Obama picked Joe Biden to be his running-mate in 2008 because of his supposed folksy appeal to white working-class and middle-class voters – and that’s exactly why he could be a formidable candidate in 2020.

Kamala Harris is the kind of Democrat who could stick around and prevail in what is sure to be a gruelling nomination battle.

The Vermont senator would be 79 on election day, but he’s decided to make another run at the top prize.

It wasn’t long ago that Julian Castro would have been considered a top-tier candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination.

Kirsten Gillibrand has long been positioning herself as one of the candidates most likely to capitalise on the #MeToo movement, and her pitch as someone who will “fight as hard for other people’s kids as she would for her own” just might resonate.

Robert “Beto” O’Rourke came up short in his 2018 bid to oust Texas Senator Ted Cruz but it’s impressive he pushed him so close in a traditionally red state.

The gravelly voiced senator from Ohio has been consistently re-elected in a populous Midwest state that has slipped away from Democrats in recent years.

Amy Klobuchar may not be a household name, but the three-term Minnesota senator has shown the ability to win votes in the kind of Midwestern battleground state that Donald Trump appealed to in 2016.

Cory Booker is a prodigious fundraiser who knows how to work Wall Street donors.

She would have become the first black female governor in US history if she had prevailed in her Georgia race last year.

Bill De Blasio became a progressive darling when he won the New York mayor’s office in 2013 while decrying the city’s income inequality.

Howard Schultz is the recently retired head of coffeehouse giant Starbucks with a net worth of more than $2.5bn.

After 2016, Hillary Clinton needs no introduction.

The former-mayor of Tallahassee came within a fraction of a percentage of winning the governorship of key presidential swing-state Florida – closer than any Democrat has in 20 years.

Pete Buttigieg isn’t the only millennial in the 2020 race but he is positioning himself as a voice for the young.

Oprah is a household name in the US, having built up a huge following during her long-running talk show by tackling issues people could relate to.

Tulsi Gabbard, the first Hindu member of the US Congress, is a difficult candidate to characterise.

The former mayor of New Orleans is a member of a prominent Louisiana political family.

Eric Holder was Barack Obama’s first attorney general – and the first black attorney general in US history.

Yang is a technology entrepreneur who should be well prepared seeing as he announced he was running for president back in November 2017.

John Kerry was the Democratic nominee in 2004 and lost a close race against George W Bush.

Tim Ryan is a congressman from working-class eastern Ohio, where he touts trade and jobs as his big issues, but he’s moved to the left on social issues lately.

Marianne Williamson is a best-selling author, charity organiser and spiritual adviser who counts Oprah Winfrey as her most famous follower.

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson announced his presidential campaign while hosting Saturday Night Live in 2017.

Tim Kaine was nicknamed “America’s stepdad” after his relatively bland but good-natured campaign as Hillary Clinton’s running mate.

A business tycoon, sports-team owner and reality television show host with a penchant for producing outrageous quotes.

He has an amusing last name, but John Hickenlooper’s popularity as the outgoing governor of swing-state Colorado is no joke.

Terry McAuliffe started his career as a behind-the-scenes political money man but parlayed that into a successful term as governor of Virginia.

As governor of Washington, Inslee has taken a lead role in “the resistance” to the Trump administration on the state level, including pushing a lawsuit that blocked the president’s first travel ban.

Merkley was the only senator to support Bernie Sanders in 2016 and is toward the left end of the 2020 presidential field.

A former Virginia governor and, like Tim Kaine, a senator.

Steve Bullock is making a pitch as a moderate who can appeal to rural voters.

A moderate senator from the trending-Democratic state of Colorado, Michael Bennet has been putting out presidential feelers.

John Delaney was officially the first entrant into the 2020 Democratic presidential field when the Maryland congressman announced his candidacy in July 2017.

Eric Swalwell has been an outspoken critic of the president’s and a fixture on cable news shows.

The US Army veteran and former Missouri secretary of state generated presidential buzz after a surprisingly strong but ultimately unsuccessful 2016 Senate race in his conservative home state.

Seth Moulton recently made headlines for mounting a futile effort to derail Nancy Pelosi’s bid to be Speaker of the House of Representatives.