Which 2024 Candidates Had The Best — And Worst — Campaign Launches?
Welcome to FiveThirtyEight’s politics chat. The transcript below is lightly edited.
Ameliatd (Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux, senior reporter): It’s been a busy couple of months in the 2024 GOP presidential primary. Five candidates jumped into the race last month alone, bringing the total number of major candidates (by FiveThirtyEight’s definition) to 11. But how the candidates announced that they’re throwing their hats in the ring varied a lot, from the traditional announcement speech at a rally to a definitely non-traditional discussion on Twitter Spaces.
So let’s talk about the launches themselves — who had the best campaign launch? Who did the worst? What is the cost of campaign launches?
