County to County: Voters in Milwaukee discuss their hopes and expectations for the 2020 Democratic primary. NBC News Read more »
Why Klobuchar and Yang supporters may be the most powerful Iowans on caucus night
The most consequential moment of the Iowa caucuses won’t be the first time that people across the state line up in support of their preferred candidate on February 3. It will be when they do it for the second time — and it has the chance to give supporters of […] Read more »
Parties see big demographic changes despite overall static split
The last decade was one of the most politically consequential in recent memory, one in which partisan divisions dominated. But under the surface, an enormous churn is redefining and re-sorting the two major parties. A look at the numbers helps explain the larger story. CONT. Dante Chinni, NBC News Read more »
Sanders vs. Warren and the state of the progressive movement
… Assessing the progressive wing of the party in the context of the presidential campaign takes two forms: issues and candidacies. On the issues front, many progressives feel optimistic about where they have made gains and where things are heading. … What tempers this otherwise positive assessment of the state […] Read more »
The First Post-Debate Polls Are In! And They’re … Pretty Weird.
The first handful of polling since Tuesday night’s debate is out. But it doesn’t tell a terribly consistent story. Pretty much whichever Democrat you’re rooting for, you can find some polls to be happy about and others that you’d rather ignore. CONT. Nate Silver, FiveThirtyEight Read more »
The Iowa caucuses look like a hot mess
… The Iowa caucuses are now a little more than two weeks away, and the electoral picture is as messy as ever. They are set to be the most unpredictable caucuses in more than a decade, and we could have multiple candidates claiming victory. If you look back over time, […] Read more »