Once the South Carolina Primary today, and the 14 Super Tuesday Primaries on Tuesday have taken place, the number of Democratic contenders will drop dramatically.
Without knowing the results at this writing of what will happen between today and Tuesday, the expectations are that the following candidates will drop out:
Elizabeth Warren
Amy Klobuchar
Tom Steyer
Tulsi Gabbard
The four finalists seem likely to be:
Bernie Sanders
Joe Biden
Pete Buttigieg
Michael Bloomberg
It is likely that Warren and Klobuchar will win no primaries nor end up at least third in any of them, other than their home states of Massachusetts and Minnesota, with doubts they will even win their states.
Steyer has spent a lot of funds in South Carolina, but seems unlikely to do well, and while he has the financial means to stay on, it seems likely he will give up.
As far as Tulsi Gabbard, a truly weird candidate, if she had any sense, she would get out as she has zero credibility, but even if she stays in the race, she is a pure joke!
It seems likely that Joe Biden will win South Carolina and some other primaries, and that Pete Buttigieg will do well enough to stay in the race. And Bloomberg, with his financial assets, has pledged to remain in the race until the bitter end.
And finally, Sanders, with his lead, is not going anywhere!
So the four likely finalists are three old men nearing 80; a fourth candidate half their age and gay and has a husband; and two Jewish finalists.
Who could have predicted this? No one!