With the 2020 Democratic Field Set, Candidates Begin the Races Within the Race

Joseph R. Biden Jr. has built an early lead in the month since he entered the presidential campaign, confidently projecting himself as the Democratic front-runner and the candidate best positioned to defeat President Trump. But beneath the surface of a seemingly placid race is a much more volatile contest, as […] Read more »

Why it won’t be easy for Elizabeth Warren to take Bernie Sanders’ base

A new national Fox News poll finds former vice president Joe Biden leading the Democratic primary 35% to Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ 17% and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s 9%. The poll is the latest to show Biden rising from the high 20s into the mid-to-upper 30s and Warren climbing from […] Read more »

The Democrats’ Age Divide Is Defining the 2020 Primary

When the progressive tag team of Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez skirmished with Joe Biden this week over climate policy, the altercation pointed toward the former vice president’s most glaring vulnerability in the 2020 Democratic presidential race—while simultaneously underscoring the imperative for him to defend his greatest asset. […] Read more »