With the advent of Joe Biden into the race, the Democrats now have a member of the establishment of the party in the race. Before then there 3 factions of the party with candidates running for president.
The far far left, the far far far left and the extremely far far far left. There is still a deep division in the party over the DNC rigging the debates and the primaries to give Hillary the win.
There’s not much chance that the leftists will trust the establishment at the DNC this time around and it could cause problems if they try to tip the scales in favor of Joe Biden or even if it is only a perceived notion that they are aiding Biden, whether they are or not.
Former Vice President Joe Biden’s entry into the 2020 presidential primary sets the stage for another knock-down, drag-out fight between the establishment wing of the party and the ascendant left, led by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.).
That showdown threatens to tear open old wounds the party suffered in the bitter 2016 primary contest between Sanders and Hillary Clinton.
Party leaders have tried to move on from that divisive episode, but deep wells of suspicion and distrust remain between mainstream Democrats and the left.
“The civil war that started in 2016 never ended,” said one veteran Democratic hand. “It’s still going on.”
The 2016 primary contest left liberals fuming at what they viewed as establishment interference in the race, underscored by the hacked Democratic National Committee (DNC) emails that showed favoritism toward Clinton.
And some mainstream Democrats are unnerved by what they view as a group of left-wing interlopers, online brawlers and sore losers trying to take over the party.