The presidential contest turns to African American and Latino voters. For some candidates, that’s a problem.

… After two contests in states with overwhelmingly white electorates, the Democratic presidential primaries are moving into a broader and more diverse landscape where Latino and African American voters play a potentially decisive role — and are up for grabs. Just as more voters of color are poised to assert […] Read more »

Sanders and Bloomberg want to redistribute wealth. Most millionaires and billionaires don’t.

… Wealthy people have a great deal of power to influence economic and political outcomes in the United States, and so it’s important to understand what they believe to be the causes of — and possible solutions to — economic inequality. The economic elite are, by definition, members of a […] Read more »

Why Don’t We Know Which Democratic Candidate Can Beat Trump?

The Democratic presidential primary is starting to feel less like a political contest and more like an existential experiment. In the era of big data and after a year of micro-analyzing every little twist and turn, we seem to know less than we did at the beginning. In an era […] Read more »

The Democratic nomination contest doesn’t look like any from the past

Halfway through the early state primaries and caucuses, Democrats are no closer to clarifying their nominating contest than they were at the turn of the new year. In the coming two contests — Nevada’s caucuses next Saturday and South Carolina’s primary on Feb. 29 — the “winners” from Iowa and […] Read more »

Sanders holds lead heading into Nevada’s Democratic caucuses, poll finds

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders leads the presidential field by a solid margin among likely Democratic caucusgoers heading into Nevada’s four-day early voting period, but all six of the candidates actively campaigning in the state this week earned double-digit support according to The Nevada Poll™. The telephone poll, conducted by WPA […] Read more »

Bernie Sanders Is on the Rise. But How High Can His Numbers Go?

Senator Bernie Sanders has a solid base of support. That much is clear. And he has done a remarkably good job of boxing out Senator Elizabeth Warren for the support of the party’s left wing. He is now the choice of nearly half of Democratic voters who identify as “very […] Read more »