This week we asked readers their thoughts on the Democratic candidates for the 2020 presidential election including New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio.

De Blasio is good to be mayor, but I don’t think he can compete for the U.S. presidential election. He’s not good, I don’t think so. I think Joe Biden has the most experience and he has a plan. All of the Democrats look good.
MD Ali
Washington Heights

 

 

So far no one stands out. No, I don’t like [former Vice President Joe] Biden. I don’t know, I think we need new faces and new ideas and this year there are a lot of new faces. I don’t think Bill De Blasio has what it takes. Has he been a good mayor? No. Honestly no, I don’t like him. I think it’s going to be a long race and we have a lot of issues as well. We don’t want to see Trump win again.
“Big” Jimmy Torres
Norwood

Well I think Mayor de Blasio is really running for vice-president and someone from the west coast like [Senator Kamala] Harris will get the nomination. I think she could be the nominee, and he could be her vice-president.
Robert Press
Riverdale

 

I watched both debates and I feel like the ones that stood out to me were Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders. In terms of the messaging, I’m actually torn between Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders because they’re both progressive. But in terms of the topics that were covered and the subjects that were being pressed, it was really Bernie Sanders’ agenda that was driving the whole conversation.
Samelys Lopez
Bedford Park

I didn’t get a chance to watch any of the debates, but I do follow politics and I did see that they were kind of going at [Joe] Biden, for whatever reason. I really didn’t get a chance to look at it more in-depth, but I did see that he had a tough time in the debate. Right now the person I feel that has proved himself to me in the past, is the gentleman from Newark, New Jersey. Corey Booker has done a really good job over there, and even though New Jersey is going through some tough times, I think he’s passionate about people and I think that’s important. Biden has experience, which is important and understanding of the office. De Blasio? I don’t really have an opinion on him running. He’s a decent man.
Damon Birch
White Plains