--- title: What Are the 2020 Democrats Tweeting About? description: With 20+ candidates fighting for the presidential nomination of the U.S. Democratic party, it can be tough for presidential hopefuls to stand out. canonical: https://time.com/5627537/what-are-2020-democrats-tweeting/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-07-16T17:58:47.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:56:51.213Z article:section: Politics og:title: Here Are the Issues the 2020 Democratic Candidates Are Tweeting About Most og:description: A snapshot of what the Democratic field is most concerned with projecting on social media og:url: https://time.com/5627537/what-are-2020-democrats-tweeting/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc93f469f4986c8d2/6989ff4d16d884b197c36a0f/dem-debate-june27-05-1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Second night for the first Debates, for the 2020 U.S. Presidential Elections. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here Are the Issues the 2020 Democratic Candidates Are Tweeting About Most twitter:description: A snapshot of what the Democratic field is most concerned with projecting on social media twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc93f469f4986c8d2/6989ff4d16d884b197c36a0f/dem-debate-june27-05-1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Here Are the Issues the 2020 Democratic Candidates Are Tweeting About Most by [Katharina Buchholz / Statista](/author/statista/) ## Katharina Buchholz / Statista Jul 16, 2019 5:58 PM CUT  Democratic presidential hopefuls (fromL) US author and writer Marianne Williamson, former Governor of Colorado John Hickenlooper, US attorney and entrepreneur Andrew Yang, Mayor of South Bend, Indiana Pete Buttigieg, former US Vice President Joseph R. Biden, US Senator for Vermont Bernie Sanders, US Senator for California Kamala Harris, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO), and Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) take the stage in the second Democratic primary debate of the 2020 presidential campaign season hosted by NBC News at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in Miami, Florida, June 27, 2019. Democratic presidential hopefuls (fromL) US author and writer Marianne Williamson, former Governor of Colorado John Hickenlooper, US attorney and entrepreneur Andrew Yang, Mayor of South Bend, Indiana Pete Buttigieg, former US Vice President Joseph R. Biden, US Senator for Vermont Bernie Sanders, US Senator for California Kamala Harris, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO), and Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) take the stage in the second Democratic primary debate of the 2020 presidential campaign season hosted by NBC News at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in Miami, Florida, June 27, 2019.Christopher Morris for TIME by [Katharina Buchholz / Statista](/author/statista/) ## Katharina Buchholz / Statista Jul 16, 2019 5:58 PM CUT With more than 20 candidates fighting for the presidential nomination of the U.S. Democratic party, it can be tough for presidential hopefuls to stand out and find their signature issue. Some have tried to capitalize on a certain topic while others try to cover all their bases, [as seen in a recent analysis by the Washington _Post_.](https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/policy-2020/priorities-issues/?utm%5Fterm=.58e88ba28364 "undefined") The report looked at [tweets from the candidates](https://www.statista.com/topics/3723/social-media-and-politics-in-the-united-states/ "undefined") over a one-month time period (May 15 to June 15). Washington Gov. Jay Inslee was one of the candidates most tied to an issue, with 55% of his tweets being about climate change. Only Hawaii Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard accomplished more with 70% of her tweets being about foreign policy. Foreign policy is also the issue that’s most talked about by South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg with 22% of tweets mentioning it. Former Rep. Beto O’Rourke tweeted about immigration most (22%), while Sen. Kamala Harris capitalizes on social justice (27%). Poll leader former Vice President Joe Biden is also big on climate change (37% of tweets mentioning it), while runner-up Sen. Elizabeth Warren concentrates on health care (22%). Sen. Bernie Sanders, who is currently head-to-head with Warren [according to real Clear Politics poll averages](https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2020/president/us/2020%5Fdemocratic%5Fpresidential%5Fnomination-6730.html "undefined"), has a more diverse portfolio, never devoting more than 15% of tweets to any specific topic.  _This article originally appeared on Statista. Read the original article_ [_here_](https://www.statista.com/chart/18681/topics-2020-democratic-presidential-primary-candidates-tweet-about/ "undefined")_._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5627537/what-are-2020-democrats-tweeting/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5627537/what-are-2020-democrats-tweeting/"},"headline":"Here Are the Issues the 2020 Democratic Candidates Are Tweeting About Most","datePublished":"2019-07-16T17:58:47.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:56:51.213Z","description":"A snapshot of what the democratic field is most concerned with","url":"https://time.com/5627537/what-are-2020-democrats-tweeting/","keywords":["2020 Election","onetime","syndication"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc93f469f4986c8d2/6989ff4d16d884b197c36a0f/dem-debate-june27-05-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Katharina Buchholz / Statista"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc93f469f4986c8d2/6989ff4d16d884b197c36a0f/dem-debate-june27-05-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Second night for the first Debates, for the 2020 U.S. Presidential Elections.","caption":"Second night for the first Debates, for the 2020 U.S. Presidential Elections.","creditText":"Christopher Morris for TIME","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2020-election/","name":"2020 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5627537/what-are-2020-democrats-tweeting/","name":"Here Are the Issues the 2020 Democratic Candidates Are Tweeting About Most"}}]}] ```