… Sanders isn’t built to win a traditional, one-on-one primary matchup with Biden or Warren. Traditional Democratic nominees are typically consensus builders: people who can switch gears easily, wear multiple faces and manage an unruly coalition. Sanders, on the other hand, has exactly one gear: populist political revolution. CONT. But […] Read more »
The Opportunity That Warren and Sanders Passed Up
The two most liberal candidates drove the conversation at last night’s Democratic presidential debate, but in a manner that underscores the challenge each may face in building a coalition across the party’s ideological divides. CONT. Ronald Brownstein, The Atlantic Read more »
Think impeachment has been a self-defeating crusade for Democrats? Think again
The recently unveiled Des Moines Register/CNN/Mediacom Iowa Poll is considered the gold standard for deciphering the opening-gun Feb. 3 Democratic caucuses. But a polling question asked of a sample of the entire Iowa electorate may be more important for understanding the upcoming impeachment trial. The question never mentioned the words […] Read more »
What we learned about the Democratic field from Tuesday’s debate
This was not the debate anyone expected, but it was perhaps the debate that voters needed. … The CNN-Des Moines Register debate Tuesday night at Drake University did not feature the expected — choose your favorite journalistic cliché — no holds barred/gloves-are-off/there will be blood on the floor exchanges between […] Read more »
Here’s How the Democratic Race Could Change Between Today and Iowa
The Iowa caucuses are three weeks away. It’s worth taking a look at recent history to get a sense of how fluid the dynamic is in this period before live voters show up. The answer is: It depends. I looked at polling numbers three weeks out from the 2016, 2012, […] Read more »
Is Democrats’ Tent Too Big to Win the White House?
How, or even whether, Democrats nationwide will vote if their party nominates someone they don’t agree with looms over the Democratic nomination process as the field winnows to candidates with very different worldviews. CONT. V. Lance Tarrance, Gallup Read more »