Neither Donald Trump nor Bernie Sanders are conventional leaders in their parties. NPR’s Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to political scientist Diego von Vacano about the breakdown of the two-party system. Weekend Edition, NPR News Read more »
One thing unites establishment Democrats: Fear of Sanders
A growing number of Democratic lawmakers, union officials, state leaders and party strategists agree that Bernie Sanders is a risky nominee to put up against President Donald Trump. There’s less agreement about whether — and how — to stop him. … Sanders’ team expects his Democratic critics and their allies […] Read more »
Bloomberg’s strategy of skipping early states is ‘confusing’ the process
538’s Nate Silver discusses whether he thinks a contested convention is likely in the Democratic primaries. This Week, ABC News Read more »
Bernie Sanders hits a ceiling in first primary contests
If 2020 was supposed to be the year Sen. Bernie Sanders built on his momentum from the last presidential race and captured the Democratic nomination for president, the surge that would make that possible is not appearing in the party’s early contests. The data out of Iowa and New Hampshire […] Read more »
The Democratic nomination contest doesn’t look like any from the past
Halfway through the early state primaries and caucuses, Democrats are no closer to clarifying their nominating contest than they were at the turn of the new year. In the coming two contests — Nevada’s caucuses next Saturday and South Carolina’s primary on Feb. 29 — the “winners” from Iowa and […] Read more »
Black Voters and the Democratic Primary
Andrew Prokop of Vox, Adam Harris of The Atlantic, and Philip Bump of The Washington Post join Politics with Amy Walter to discuss the results from New Hampshire, Senator Bernie Sander’s perceived lead, and Attorney General William Barr’s handling of sentencing recommendations for Roger J. Stone. Also, The Democratic Party […] Read more »