Forget Medicare-for-all, the wealth tax and reparations for slavery. What Democrats want most is to beat President Trump. To that end, they obsess over whether energizing progressives or persuading swing voters is more important; how the electorate would react to a woman or person of color running against Trump; and […] Read more »
Joe Biden’s Most Important ‘Endorsement’
… While the direction of polls among 2020 Democratic primary voters has not been encouraging for erstwhile front-runner and Vice President Joe Biden, as supporters watched his once commanding lead over the field shrink to a neck-and-neck contest with the clearly surging Sen. Elizabeth Warren. But make no mistake about […] Read more »
Texas-Sized Opportunities, Part 3B: Is Texas a purple state now?
Is Texas a purple state now, and if not, how soon will it be? Continuing this series investigating the Lone Star State’s evolving partisanship, in this post I consider whether Texas could be competitive in the 2020 presidential election—and what, specifically, we might expect in terms of the impact of […] Read more »
Politics with Amy Walter: Quid Pro Quo My God
This week, new information about President Trump’s interactions with foreign governments have rattled Washington, D.C. While the White House works on beating back the impeachment inquiry, members of Congress are home in their districts checking in with constituents. This task might prove difficult for those representing districts that have supported […] Read more »
For Low-Polling Democratic Candidates, It’s All Within the Margin of Error
What a difference a percentage point makes — especially when all you’ve got is one or two of them. To qualify for what will be a supersized Democratic debate this month, presidential candidates had to receive at least 2 percent support in four polls sanctioned by the Democratic National Committee, […] Read more »
Democratic Nominees Often Secured Lead Late in Campaign
… Presidential nominees leading throughout the primary campaign has been the exception, not the rule, for Democratic candidates over the past six decades. This has been the case for a variety of reasons — including because some eventual nominees didn’t enter the race until late in the campaign or because […] Read more »