The race for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination is officially underway.

With 11 top Democrats already in the fray, party leadership like Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi are eagerly watching the polls to get a sense of the early favorites.

But they didn’t see this coming.

The top two favorites to take on President Donald Trump in the upcoming election aren’t even in the race — and one has never held political office.

And it’s not even close.

That’s according to a Hill-Harris X poll released on Tuesday, which announced that the two most popular candidate for registered Democratic voters are former First Lady Michelle Obama and former Vice President Joe Biden.

The two are tied as the favorite potential candidates among Democrats at 25 percent. That dwarfs the other top Democrats that are already spending millions on their campaign.

California Sen. Kamala Harris was third with 12 percent of support, while Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders — the 2016 Democratic presidential nominee runner-up — is fourth with 11 percent.

“Texas congressman Beto O’Rourke polled at six percent, with other candidates—including Senators Corey Booker and Elizabeth Warren —all polling at five percent,” Newsweek reported.

Don’t expect to see another Obama in the White House anytime soon, however.

Michelle told The London Times in July that she had no desire to run for political office.

“I will not be running for office,” she said. “It’s a gruelling thing for any family to go through. Barack made it look easy. It’s not.”

Biden is almost certainly set to enter the race soon, and has privately told associates and political allies that he has the best chance to defeat Trump in 2020.

 

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— The Horn editorial team