More than eighteen months before the Iowa caucuses, the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination seems to be all but a foregone conclusion.
Hillary Clinton is widely considered to be the de facto nominee, though she has not yet said she will run. Almost all of the early polls show her ahead by staggering margins and key figures within the Democratic Party are already publicly supporting her. While this is purely anecdotal, “Ready for Hillary” bumper stickers (advertising the Super PAC preemptively launched to support her candidacy) seem increasingly ubiquitous.
