Sen. Kamala Harris has been called the “female Barack Obama.” Former Rep. Beto O’Rourke has been dubbed “Barack Obama, but white.” Sen. Cory Booker sings from the Obama hymnal of hope and optimism. Joe Biden, as Obama’s vice president, is closer to the former president than anyone running for the […] Read more »
Can A ‘Moderate’ Win The 2020 Democratic Primary?
If you follow politics through cable news, or via Twitter, you might get the impression that the Democratic Party is dominated by voters who are almost exclusively coastal, liberal, secular, well-educated and relatively young. And it’s true that some of these groups are becoming more prominent — more Democrats than […] Read more »
Why we shouldn’t underestimate Joe Biden
One of the biggest mistakes analysts made in the 2016 Republican primary season was not listening to what voters were telling them. The early polls said Donald Trump had a good chance of winning, but many (including yours truly) decided to dismiss them because they didn’t match with our preconceived […] Read more »
How Left Will Democrats Go in 2020?
There are fewer and fewer things that Democrats and Republicans can agree upon these days. Increasingly, however, both are coming to the conclusion that Democrats are going to nominate the most left-leaning, liberal candidate for president, giving Trump his best (maybe only) opportunity to win in 2020. … But, there’s […] Read more »
What do Democrats want in 2020? Someone new – and Biden. But definitely not Hillary
Democratic and independent voters are crystal clear about the candidate they’d be most excited to see in the 2020 presidential field: Someone entirely new. Oh, and also the most seasoned prospect. Asking voters their pick for president more than a year before the primaries begin typically doesn’t tell you much […] Read more »
Joe Biden’s 2020 chances might be stronger than we think
Former Vice President Joe Biden is thinking about running for president, yet few seem to think he’s the frontrunner for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. The reasons to be suspect are plenty including his record (fairly mainstream in a party moving to the left), his age (he’s 76) and the […] Read more »