After two insurgent campaigns that rattled American politics, Bernie Sanders’s dream of becoming the Democratic presidential nominee is effectively over. Tapping an enormous wave of grassroots energy in both bids for the White House, Sanders galvanized young people, transformed online fundraising, and changed the terms of debate in the Democratic […] Read more »
Democratic Voters Closing the Door on Sanders
Tuesday night’s Democratic presidential primary results were the equivalent of a diner motioning across the restaurant to a waiter and mouthing two words: “Check, please.” While a significant chunk of the party supports Bernie Sanders in his head-to-head matchup with Joe Biden, a considerably larger portion backs Biden. The size […] Read more »
What the Polls Say About Today’s Primaries
Six states are holding Democratic primaries or caucuses on Tuesday: Idaho, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, North Dakota and Washington, worth a collective 352 delegates to the Democratic National Convention. There have been no recent polls by reputable organizations in North Dakota. Here is what the polls say about the other five […] Read more »
Western Voters Demand Ambitious Agenda to Protect Public Lands
The tenth annual Colorado College State of the Rockies Project Conservation in the West Poll released today shows voters in the Mountain West are calling for an aggressive agenda to protect more public lands in the face of threats from climate change impacts and energy development. The poll, which surveyed […] Read more »
Poll shows strong support for public lands protections, unpopularity of Trump administration’s ‘energy dominance’ agenda
The ninth annual Colorado College State of the Rockies Project Conservation in the West Poll released today shows voters in the Mountain West continue to support efforts to keep public lands protected and accessible, putting them at odds with the Trump administration’s “energy dominance” agenda. The poll surveyed the views […] Read more »
Obamacare used to be political poison for Democrats. Now they see it as a winning prescription — even in red states
For years Democrats ran from the healthcare issue as though it were a heap of flaming rubble, which, politically speaking, it was. Passage of the Affordable Care Act cost them control of Congress, gave rise to the upstart tea party movement and helped install Donald Trump in the White House. […] Read more »