Four minutes, four candidates. Here’s why each of the front-runners could win.

There is two weeks to go before the Iowa Caucuses and the race is as open as ever.

Four years ago our conventional understanding about what makes a successful candidate was challenged. The most qualified candidate to ever run for the Presidency was defeated by the first candidate never to have held political office or have any military experience (bone spurs, of course).

Perhaps the only silver lining of the Democrats’ defeat is that the closeness of the result has produced a fairly clear path the victory this time. Chiefly, through Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Michigan. Similarly, gains in the 2018 mid-terms and 2019 off-year elections have highlighted potential positive mid-long terms shifts in Arizona, Georgia, North Carolina, and even Texas.

One thing is for certain, though. Beating Donald Trump is the most important thing a candidate can do. Yet despite this, with only two weeks before the Iowa Caucuses, the race is as open as it has ever been. For some candidates, a defeat in Iowa could effectively rule them out of the nomination for good; for others, they might be able to weather that particular storm. Below is a roughly one minute pitch on why each of the four front-runners could, at this stage…