1. South Bend, Indiana mayor
2. winning Iowa and coming in second in New Hampshire
3. intelligent and relatively progressive young voice committed to reforming a political system biggest against democrats
4. ideological left and black voters of all ideological stripes
5. Iowa and New Hampshire have mostly white contests, so he was able to get many democrats, however once the race began in more diverse states he was getting very few votes.
6. Minnesota senator.
7. strong performance in New Hampshire- third place
8. pitched herself as a pragmatic lawmaker who gets results- passed more than 20 bills during Trump's administration. Also stayed much closer to the center, shying away. from progressive policy priorities.
9. after new Hampshire she did not have as much support in the diverse states and was faced with intense competition
10. promoting bipartisan bills and efficacy in congress and gender equity
