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Mike Bloomberg Is Officially Running

Mike Bloomberg has officially entered the race he launched his campaign and is beginning to register to get on the ballot in some but not all states. Bloomberg seems to be skipping all of the early states and focussing on general election states such as Virginia. This strategy has never been tried before, or at least no one has done it successfully. Bloomberg had gone back and forth in his decision to run but according to his camp, he could not see any of the other Democratic candidates winning the general election so he decided to run. 

His campaign will also be self-funded and considering he has started so late he may have issues getting grass-root support for his campaign. Bloomberg has defended his running with the fact he has funded and supported democratic candidates around the world for their local and national elections and found success. Is this enough for the democratic electorate to take him seriously? Only time will tell. Bloomberg has also commented that he has great respect for Warren and thinks she will win the nomination, however, he thinks she made a grave mistake in embracing Medicare for all. Bloomberg claims that it will affect key swing states needed to take the presidency. 

Bloomberg takes on the more centrist role amongst the democratic candidates but still claims to be progressive. He will be one to watch for this election cycle and we will see if his strategy works.

Source: NPR Politics Podcast, Politico

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