A prospective general election between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton could significantly alter what states are in play this fall and heighten more than in any recent election the racial, class and gender divisions within the national electorate. After successive campaigns in which President Obama expanded the Democrats’ electoral map […] Read more »
Tuesday Results Make Clinton’s Delegate Lead All But Insurmountable
After sweeping all five contests in Florida, Illinois, Missouri, North Carolina and Ohio on Tuesday, Hillary Clinton has built an even more insurmountable lead over Bernie Sanders for the Democratic nomination. Clinton now has a pledged delegate lead of 1,139 to 825, meaning Sanders would need to win 58 percent […] Read more »
As Hillary Clinton Sweeps States, One Group Resists: White Men
White men narrowly backed Hillary Clinton in her 2008 race for president, but they are resisting her candidacy this time around in major battleground states, rattling some Democrats about her general-election strategy. … “Her most serious relationship problem is with white men, on a policy issue front but also stylistically, […] Read more »
Hillary Clinton’s chief strategist: Sanders can’t win, and we’re ready to take down Trump
… The Vermont Senator has vowed to press on, arguing that he’s favored to win in a string of upcoming states and that he’ll be able to use the resulting momentum to persuade super-delegates to flip to his side at the convention. In an interview with me today, Clinton’s chief […] Read more »
Republicans Could Do A Lot Worse Than Merrick Garland Under President Clinton — Or President Trump
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Wednesday that Republicans won’t hold hearings on Judge Merrick Garland, President Obama’s nominee to replace Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court. If McConnell follows through and makes everyone wait until next year, he and his party will be taking a serious risk. The political […] Read more »
Clinton Is Following Obama’s Path To The Nomination
… I’m intrigued by the parallels to the 2008 campaign perhaps because it’s where FiveThirtyEight cut its teeth. I spent a lot of time in the spring of 2008 arguing that Obama’s lead in elected delegates would be hard for Clinton to overcome. But Clinton’s lead over Sanders is much […] Read more »