There are now, by our count, two dozen candidates in the race for the Democratic nomination for president, and it's by far the most diverse field in modern American history. Two are black men; one is a black and Asian American woman; four are white women; there's a Latino man, an Asian American man, a Pacific Islander woman and a white gay man.
And yet, two straight white men lead the polls, and 11 others are in the race, with more joining the field seemingly every week.
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