The financial markets are in a free fall, economists are debating the probability of the economy tipping into a recession, health experts are discussing whether the coronavirus epidemic has or will soon become a pandemic, and Joe Biden now looks increasingly like he will be the Democratic nominee. Other than […] Read more »
What Would It Take for Bernie Sanders to Win?
After another strong showing by former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. in Tuesday’s primary contests, Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont announced that he was staying in the race for president. But Mr. Sanders will need to do substantially better in the contests that remain to secure enough delegates to […] Read more »
Bernie: The Left is Still Waiting for the Proletariat Vote
Bernie Sanders often declared that his is “a campaign of the working class, by the working class, and for the working class,” calling for that class to rise up, vote for him, and make the democratic socialist revolution. He was sorely disappointed. At this writing, soon after the second “Super […] Read more »
What Michigan’s Lopsided Primary Results May Portend for the General Election
Bernie Sanders had a tough Tuesday night this week with primary losses in several states including Mississippi, Missouri and Idaho. But viewed through the American Communities Project the Vermont senator’s defeat in Michigan looked especially problematic with a key segment of the electorate: blue-collar voters. CONT. Dante Chinni, American Communities […] Read more »
Here Are The Voters Who Powered Biden To His ‘Big Tuesday’ Wins
Joe Biden racked up four more wins on Tuesday night, further growing his delegate lead over Bernie Sanders in what is now largely a two-person race. Exit polls showed that several broad demographic trends that have shown up in earlier states continued to hold in Tuesday’s primaries: Biden tends to […] Read more »
Is there a Sanders turnout surge?
… Sen. Bernie Sanders’s (I-Vt.) core electability argument, repeated regularly at his rallies, brags that his “is the campaign that can bring millions of people into the political process who normally do not vote.” It’s a potentially powerful case, with one critical weakness — there’s no evidence it accurately represents […] Read more »