In Thursday night’s debate, Julián Castro tried out a potentially fruitful line of attack against poll leader Joe Biden. But he might have bungled the execution. While sparring over the details of health-care policy, Castro repeatedly claimed that Biden had forgotten what he said only two minutes earlier. You can […] Read more »
The Democratic candidates are unabashedly liberal. Is that what Democratic voters want?
Many political observers see the Democratic presidential candidates as veering to the left. As veteran political journalist Thomas Edsall writes, “Leading Democratic candidates are supporting bold progressive policy initiatives.” Even the supposedly moderate Joe Biden is proposing policies that are more liberal than Hillary Clinton’s, according to a recent study. […] Read more »
The Third Democratic Debate In 7 Charts
For the first time this cycle, there was just one debate night, and only 10 candidates made the cut — so now we’re trying to make sense of what happened when the front-runners shared the stage. In recent weeks, the polls have shown a top tier of three to five […] Read more »
Warren Polishes Sanders Playbook
Trips to Iowa and New Hampshire over the last month provided me plenty of insights into the 2020 Democratic field, but not too many answers. … Right now, this appears likely to be a two-person race between Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren, and it will be until someone else elbows […] Read more »
Grassroots Blossom Across America, Reshaping Country’s Political Geography
As the 2018 midterm campaigns hit their stride last summer, there was finally some mainstream recognition that post-2016 grassroots groups — sometimes discussed as “Resistance” groups — had become an electoral force to be reckoned with. Reporters and academics have established certain baseline facts: • The new groups are disproportionately composed […] Read more »
A Bipartisan Analysis of Last Night’s Social Media Debate Sentiment
Tonight, two polling and analytics firms, WPA Intelligence (Republican) and the Honan Strategy Group (Democratic) sought to answer the following key questions about the September 12th Democratic Presidential debate: • Which candidate Won the evening as judged by Twitter impact?• Which candidate(s) Lost and had the most disappointing performance as […] Read more »