When Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) joined the race for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016, it took little time for him to turn the competition into a two-person race with Hillary Clinton. As he joins the field for 2020, the path ahead will be more complicated and the environment potentially […] Read more »
Bernie Sanders lost in 2016. Here’s what he needs to do to win in 2020.
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is hoping the second time is the charm in seeking the Democratic nomination for the White House. Sanders, who announced Tuesday he’s running for president in 2020, starts off in a very different position than he did four years ago, when he was considered a long […] Read more »
6-In-10 Disapprove Of Trump’s Declaration Of A National Emergency
More than 6-in-10 Americans disapprove of President Trump’s decision to declare a national emergency so he can build barriers along the U.S border with Mexico, a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll finds. CONT. Domenico Montanaro, NPR News Read more »
The calendar is shifting Democratic influence in 2020 to voters of color
As in every recent Democrat primary race, the 2020 contest will begin in two virtually all-white states, with the Iowa caucus and New Hampshire primary in early February. But after that the next month of the primary calendar is dominated by states across the Sun Belt where non-white voters comprise a large share, and […] Read more »
Trump’s national emergency declaration unpopular among majority of Americans
A majority of Americans disapprove of President Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, according to the latest poll from the PBS NewsHour, NPR and Marist. Sixty-one percent of U.S. adults said they do not approve of the president’s national emergency, while 36 percent […] Read more »
Biden’s polling lead shaky ahead of 2020 decision
Joe Biden’s big lead in early Democratic 2020 polling might be a bunch of malarkey. While most polls show the former vice president hovering around 30 percent of the Democratic primary vote, well ahead of second-place Sen. Bernie Sanders, two recent surveys paint a starkly different picture — raising the […] Read more »