The coronavirus has quickly become a highly politicized election-year issue. Democrats have criticized President Trump for reacting slowly to the crisis, for contradicting the advice of his health experts and for spreading misinformation about the virus. Trump has countered by accusing Democrats and the news media of exaggerating health risks […] Read more »
CNN poll: Biden has double-digit lead over Sanders for Democratic nomination
Former Vice President Joe Biden has a double-digit lead over Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders for the Democratic presidential nomination, a new CNN poll of Democratic voters nationwide conducted by SSRS shows. … The poll finds 52% of registered voters who are Democrats or Democratic-leaning independents say they want to see […] Read more »
How the Left Can Stop Losing
… The American left doesn’t care enough about winning. It’s an old problem, one that has long undermined left-wing movements in this country. They have often prioritized purity over victory. They wouldn’t necessarily put it these terms, but they have chosen to lose on their terms rather than win with […] Read more »
Mitch McConnell’s Senate majority is in danger
Joe Biden’s remarkable change of fortune in the presidential race is coinciding with Senate Democrats’ growing optimism that they can win control of the upper chamber in this year’s elections. Those hopes had dimmed when Bernie Sanders emerged as a leading contender to become the party’s presidential nominee. With the […] Read more »
Why Bernie Sanders Isn’t Winning Over Black Voters
… Democrats who wish to beat Trump but prefer Sanders to former Vice President Joe Biden, must ask themselves the following question: Can a campaign that rests primarily on class warfare and economic justice, one that largely relegates race to a concern simply encompassed by economic reform, attract enough black […] Read more »
Super Tuesday: Why didn’t more young people vote?
Young people are the future of politics – or at least, they should be. In the US, people aged 39 and younger – millennials and Generation Z – now make up more than a third of eligible voters. They’re considered more ethnically diverse, and liberal, than older generations, and experts […] Read more »