Of the two winners of the Iowa caucuses, who’s the better behavioral scientist, Ted Cruz or Hillary Clinton? To judge from their campaigns’ respective “get out the vote” efforts, both politicians seem to have studied up on recent research in the field. CONT. Todd Rogers & Adan Acevedo (Harvard Kennedy […] Read more »
Hillary Clinton’s Aides See Path to New Hampshire Win
Hillary Clinton knows exactly what she needs to do to pull off a surprise victory in the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday, her advisers say. But it is not clear she has enough time — or enough voters open to hearing her message — to make it happen. With four […] Read more »
Here’s what the research tells us about whether sexism is hurting Hillary Clinton’s prospects
Dishonest, shrill, and frumpy: Not just Hillary Clinton’s Republican opponents but also media commentators have hurled these criticisms, during this election cycle. And most Monkey Cage readers will recall the fuss about Clinton’s debate bathroom break. Given such gendered background noise, it is certainly tempting to blame Clinton’s primary losses […] Read more »
Bernie Sanders Needs A Big Win In New Hampshire
Early primaries are often as much about expectations as they are about winning or losing. Just look at Marco Rubio, who has spun a third-place finish in Iowa on Monday into momentum in New Hampshire because he did better than most expected. That’s why I’m wondering how the press will […] Read more »
Clinton’s Iowa Performance Reveals New Fault Lines for Democrats
… The Democratic Party has historically been described as diverse and disorganized — a patchwork of interests and demographic groups who jostle for control of the party agenda. But after the 2008 Iowa caucuses, it was hard to paint a clear picture of what distinguished the supporters of the three […] Read more »
Bernie Sanders’s real problem with black and Hispanic voters
… Sanders has managed to attract an overwhelmingly white voter base that, by all measures, appears excited and convinced that Sanders’s prescription of inequality busting, billionaire -humbling policy will fix all that is wrong with America. The thing is, Sanders’s message hasn’t quite caught the same kind of fire with […] Read more »