… By selecting Harris, Biden has positioned the Democratic Party for a profound generational and demographic transition, and he’s addressed the fundamental incongruity of his candidacy: the inherent strain of a nearly 78-year-old white man leading a political coalition that relies on big margins among young voters, people of color, […] Read more »
Kamala Harris Is Biden’s VP Pick — Here’s What It Means For The Election And Beyond
Former Vice President and presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden announced Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate today. Here’s a look at what this choice means and … what it doesn’t. … A clear plurality of Black voters favored Biden throughout 2019, helping keep the former vice president near the […] Read more »
Can majority rule survive America’s widening political divide?
… The prospect that Trump could win the Electoral College and the presidency while losing the popular vote a second time — something no president has done — underscores the extent to which the 2020 election is emerging as a stress test for a core pillar of American democracy: the […] Read more »
The Veepstakes Are Almost Over
After missing multiple self-imposed deadlines, presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden is expected to announce his running mate this week. In this installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, the crew discusses the conflict within the Democratic Party over who that pick should be and why the campaign has floated disparate and […] Read more »
Armed poll watchers: New Jersey’s cautionary tale ahead of the 2020 presidential election
Democrats filed suit against Republicans in 1981 for allegedly sending armed patrols to polling stations during the New Jersey gubernatorial race. Megan Jelinger/AFP via Getty Images Mark Krasovic, Rutgers University Newark In the history of voter suppression in the United States – including attempts to stop Black and Latino people […] Read more »
Common Ground of the American People
Defying conventional wisdom about a polarized electorate, a report based on in-depth surveys of more than 80,000 Americans shows that majorities from both parties agree on nearly 150 key policy positions across more than a dozen top policy areas. The research suggests that Americans are eager for their elected representatives […] Read more »