Ever since President Trump won the White House in 2016, a shocked Democratic Party had been united behind the mission of defeating him. Four years later, with the election of Joseph R. Biden Jr., the divides that have long simmered among Democrats are now beginning to burst into the open, […] Read more »
Flashy primary fights aren’t what get parties to change. Churn is.
On Tuesday night, progressive Democrats in New York claimed another victory in their effort to move the party left by toppling establishment-friendly incumbents, as Jamaal Bowman, who was endorsed by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, claimed victory in his primary challenge to longtime Rep. Eliot Engel. … Highly […] Read more »
No progressive tea party: Sanders’ exit highlights asymmetry between the parties
The tea party of the left never materialized. While the election of Barack Obama triggered a takeover of the Republican Party by its more radical elements and eventually paved the way for Donald Trump, Democrats have taken a different route during Trump’s presidency and have mostly defeated their populists at […] Read more »
Americans’ Reactions to the Word ‘Socialism’
The word “socialism” is likely to resonate throughout the 2020 election campaign, regardless of which candidate eventually gets the Democratic Party nomination. … What does the word “socialism” mean to the average American? Thanks to the reintroduction of the term into the political discourse by Sanders (and other politicians like […] Read more »
Is Democrats’ Tent Too Big to Win the White House?
How, or even whether, Democrats nationwide will vote if their party nominates someone they don’t agree with looms over the Democratic nomination process as the field winnows to candidates with very different worldviews. CONT. V. Lance Tarrance, Gallup Read more »
Favorability of Major Political Figures and Organizations in Battleground Districts
Pundits have asserted that Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s progressive agenda threatens the Democratic Party’s chances of making broad gains in the 2020 election and beyond. Unsourced polling leaked to Axios suggested that white, likely voters without college degrees view Ocasio-Cortez overwhelmingly unfavorably—a population Axios deemed crucial to the Democrats’ future as […] Read more »