The four Democratic candidates at the top of the polls heading into the Iowa caucuses have been paired by pundits into what they like to call lanes. It’s a highway analogy, as in “stay in your lane.” One, seen as more progressive and liberal, contains Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren. The other, consisting of Joe Biden and Pete Buttigieg, is more centrist and moderate.
But do most voters actually think this way? Our research suggests otherwise. CONT.
Lynn Vavreck & Chris Tausanovitch (UCLA), New York Times