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title: "Ranking 2020 Presidential Candidates's 404 Pages"
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date: 2019-10-30 13:58:39-0400
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description: "Each of the 2020 presidential candidates's 404 Not Found pages, ranked."
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tags:
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- Politics
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- Campaign 2020
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- Rankings
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- Attempted Humor
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image: "images/obama-laughing.jpg"
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draft: false
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---
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{{< image src="images/obama-laughing.jpg" >}}President Barack H. Obama, probably ranking 404 pages.{{< /image >}}
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Ever since [President Obama injected technology](https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/11/built-to-win-deep-inside-obamas-campaign-tech/) into presidential politics in a historic way, one of the few bright spots of the incredibly long and exhausting race for me has been inspecting each candidate's campaign website. They end up revealing a great deal about how much each of them is willing to invest in the internet, and how young and innovative (and potentially funny) the staff members they attract are.
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More recently, though, little-known hidden Easter eggs on ["404 Not Found"](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_404) pages have become an outlet for the candidates' overworked web designers to let out some humor in a sea of otherwise serious policy pages. Below are the 404 pages on each of the current candidate's websites, along with my ranking of them — setting politics aside, for once.
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## 1. Elizabeth Warren — [elizabethwarren.com](https://elizabethwarren.com/asdfasdf404) {#warren}
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I'm a _huge_ sucker for Kate McKinnon's spot-on impression of Warren on Saturday Night Live. And [unfortunately](https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/1097116612279316480), seeing a campaign embrace SNL is like a breath of fresh air these days. [Watch all of the Kate McWarren videos so far here; you won't regret it.](https://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/cast/kate-mckinnon-15056/impersonation/elizabeth-warren-287903)
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{{< image src="images/warren.png" alt="Elizabeth Warren" />}}
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## 2. Bernie Sanders — [berniesanders.com](https://berniesanders.com/asdfasdf404/) {#sanders}
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Although the designer who selected this GIF likely had _thousands_ of choices when searching "[Bernie finger wagging GIF](https://www.google.com/search?q=Bernie+finger+wagging+GIF&tbm=isch&tbs=itp:animated)," the text beside it is well-written and funny — even though we both know putting a page at [berniesanders.com/zxcliaosid](https://berniesanders.com/zxcliaosid/) probably won't be a top priority of a President Sanders.
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{{< video mp4="images/sanders.mp4" height="346" webm="images/sanders.webm" autoplay="1" loop="1" nocontrols="1" >}}
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## 3. Joe Biden — [joebiden.com](https://joebiden.com/asdfasdf404) {#biden}
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Uncle Joe has a nice and simple 404 page. I like it, along with the Ray-Bans and his choice of vanilla ice cream.
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{{< image src="images/biden.png" alt="Joe Biden" />}}
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## 4. Beto O'Rourke — [betoorourke.com](https://betoorourke.com/asdfasdf404) {#orourke}
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A ballsy move, considering Beto's infamous [DUI arrest](https://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2019/mar/14/club-growth/beto-orourke-arrested-dwi-flee-scene/) in the '90s — but still a clever ask for a donation and a great use of a GIF, even if it's left over from his Senate campaign.
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{{< video mp4="images/orourke.mp4" height="467" webm="images/orourke.webm" autoplay="1" loop="1" nocontrols="1" >}}
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## 5. Kamala Harris — [kamalaharris.org](https://kamalaharris.org/asdfasdf404) {#harris}
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Another clean and simple page with a top-notch GIF. It injected some emotion into visiting [kamalaharris.com/alskdjf](https://kamalaharris.com/alskdjf).
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{{< video mp4="images/harris.mp4" height="512" webm="images/harris.webm" autoplay="1" loop="1" nocontrols="1" >}}
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## 6. Pete Buttigeg — [peteforamerica.com](https://peteforamerica.com/asdfasdf404/) {#buttigeg}
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I love, love, _love_ Pete's design for his whole campaign, and his beautiful 404 page is no exception. In case you didn't know, Pete for America has an entire ["Design Toolkit"](https://design.peteforamerica.com/) publicly available for all to view and use, with really cool and in-depth explanations for all of their choices — even their [color palette](https://design.peteforamerica.com/colors). Very progressive indeed.
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{{< image src="images/buttigeg.png" alt="Pete Buttigeg" />}}
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## 7. Cory Booker — [corybooker.com](https://corybooker.com/asdfasdf404/) {#booker}
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Love the photo choice. But although pains me to go against my Senator from my home state, I still _cannot stand_ his choice of font. Oh well, I guess that's now a criterion for running for president in 2020.
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{{< image src="images/booker.png" alt="Cory Booker" />}}
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## 8. Andrew Yang — [yang2020.com](https://www.yang2020.com/asdfasdf404) {#yang}
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Not sure if donating to Yang 2020 will help put a page at [yang2020.com/alsdjfzoif](https://www.yang2020.com/alsdjfzoif) — the actual URL I visited to grab this screenshot — but the Bitmoji Andrew looks pretty chill.
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{{< image src="images/yang.png" alt="Andrew Yang" />}}
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## 9. Amy Klobuchar — [amyklobuchar.com](https://amyklobuchar.com/asdfasdf404) {#klobuchar}
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This is the 404 page of someone who won't forget the [Midwestern roots](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uff_da) she comes from once she moves into the White House...or writes a memoir about her campaign from her Minnesota home.
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{{< image src="images/klobuchar.png" alt="Amy Klobuchar" />}}
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## 10. Steve Bullock — [stevebullock.com](https://stevebullock.com/asdfasdf404) {#bullock}
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I'll never publicly say anything against a good Dad joke. This is no exception.
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{{< image src="images/bullock.png" alt="Steve Bullock" />}}
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## 11. Michael Bennet — [michaelbennet.com](https://michaelbennet.com/asdfasdf404) {#bennet}
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Another quality Dad joke here.
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{{< image src="images/bennet.png" alt="Michael Bennet" />}}
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## 12. John Delaney — [johndelaney.com](https://www.johndelaney.com/asdfasdf404) {#delaney}
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Yet another Dad joke? I honestly had the hardest time ranking these three.
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{{< image src="images/delaney.png" alt="John Delaney" />}}
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## 13. Marianne Williamson — [marianne2020.com](https://www.marianne2020.com/asdfasdf404) {#williamson}
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A 404 page only a motivational author and speaker running for president could envision.
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{{< image src="images/williamson.png" alt="Marianne Williamson" />}}
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## 14. The Donald — [donaldjtrump.com](https://donaldjtrump.com/asdfasdf404) {#trump}
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I guess this would be slightly humorous...four years ago. Time to move on from your middle-school crush, Donny.
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{{< image src="images/trump.png" alt="Trump/Pence" />}}
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## Disqualified Candidates...
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These candidates haven't configured a custom 404 page, settling for the default Drupal or WordPress text. Do they _really_ think they can run the free world with their websites in this shape? 🙄 _</s>_
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### 15. Julián Castro — [julianforthefuture.com](https://www.julianforthefuture.com/asdfasdf404) {#castro}
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{{< image src="images/castro.png" alt="Julián Castro" />}}
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### 16. Wayne Messam — [wayneforusa.com](https://wayneforusa.com/asdfasdf404) {#messam}
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{{< image src="images/messam.png" alt="Wayne Messam" />}}
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### 17. Tulsi Gabbard — [tulsi2020.com](https://www.tulsi2020.com/asdfasdf404) {#gabbard}
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{{< image src="images/gabbard.png" alt="Tulsi Gabbard" />}}
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### 18. Joe Sestak — [joesestak.com](https://www.joesestak.com/asdfasdf404) {#sestak}
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{{< image src="images/sestak.png" alt="Joe Sestak" />}}
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