The presidential election is on November 3, 2020. It is now March 13, 2019. For the next nearly 20 months, we will be drowning in campaign news coverage. It will be an exhausting time, especially because the stakes feel particularly high. If you don't already know, I believe Donald Trump is a menace to the office he currently occupies, our American way of life, and our image around the world. A second term would feel like a worse nightmare than his first.

With that, there is a 99% chance that I will be voting for the Democratic nominee for the Presidency of these States United, whoever it becomes. If you know me, this is not unexpected, although I am not a proud and loyal Democrat.

The Democratic candidate field is saturated, and the two polling-based frontrunners, Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden, don't excite me. Therefore, as of now, I am throwing my cautious support behind Elizabeth Warren.

Here are some key reasons why. I believe:

And her recent interview on the New York Times' The Argument podcast helped with her appeal to me.

However, she has two downsides right now that hamper my ability to be unequivocally enthusiastic about her candidacy. They are as follows:

Despite those downsides, her positives speak strongly to me. And while it's too early to tell who the clear and eventual frontrunner will be, I hope she fights her way to be one of the Democratic Party's strongest contenders, if not ultimately the presumptive nominee.