After two insurgent campaigns that rattled American politics, Bernie Sanders’s dream of becoming the Democratic presidential nominee is effectively over. Tapping an enormous wave of grassroots energy in both bids for the White House, Sanders galvanized young people, transformed online fundraising, and changed the terms of debate in the Democratic […] Read more »
Congress Needs to Start Thinking About COVID-19 and the Presidential Election — Now
Key Points • The spread of COVID-19 has already begun disrupting plans across the world. Congress must begin thinking about how it could potentially disrupt the upcoming presidential election. • Measures taken to prevent the spread of disease could come into conflict with voting. • The closer the election gets, […] Read more »
Democratic Voters Closing the Door on Sanders
Tuesday night’s Democratic presidential primary results were the equivalent of a diner motioning across the restaurant to a waiter and mouthing two words: “Check, please.” While a significant chunk of the party supports Bernie Sanders in his head-to-head matchup with Joe Biden, a considerably larger portion backs Biden. The size […] Read more »
AP VoteCast: A state-by-state look at Democratic primaries
The Associated Press surveyed voters in three of the six states that held Democratic presidential contests on Tuesday. Here’s a snapshot of voters in Michigan, Missouri and Mississippi — who they are and what matters to them — based on preliminary results from AP VoteCast, conducted for The Associated Press […] Read more »
With wins in Michigan, Missouri and Mississippi, Biden appears to be on an unstoppable march to the nomination
The campaign for the Democratic nomination has moved at warp speed over the past 10 days, and on Tuesday night it reached a decisive turning point. Barring something unforeseen, Democrats now know that former vice president Joe Biden will be the party’s nominee to challenge President Trump in November. … […] Read more »
March 10 Primary Review: From “Contested Convention!” to “Over Already?!?”
It wasn’t all that long ago that the prospect of a contested Democratic convention was every savvy Washingtonian’s favorite topic of conversation. … Of course, that all seems rather quaint now. Joe Biden’s remarkable resurgence, beginning with his modest second-place finish in the Nevada caucus and picking up rocket fuel […] Read more »