… Polls show that rank-and-file Democrats generally like Sanders and wouldn’t be disappointed if he were the nominee. And superdelegates, who don’t vote until the second ballot at the convention, might have trouble throwing the nomination to someone else if Sanders clearly had the most votes and delegates. History doesn’t […] Read more »
What Do Swing Voters Think? Meet @American_Voter
… Political science research has long established that the American public’s beliefs are a mixed bag. But those findings have failed to manifest in public discourse, which is increasingly held online. CONT. Alexander Agadjanian (MIT) & G. Elliott Morris (The Economist), New York Times I'm a 64 year old, college-educated, […] Read more »
Sanders vs. Warren and the state of the progressive movement
… Assessing the progressive wing of the party in the context of the presidential campaign takes two forms: issues and candidacies. On the issues front, many progressives feel optimistic about where they have made gains and where things are heading. … What tempers this otherwise positive assessment of the state […] Read more »
The Opportunity That Warren and Sanders Passed Up
The two most liberal candidates drove the conversation at last night’s Democratic presidential debate, but in a manner that underscores the challenge each may face in building a coalition across the party’s ideological divides. CONT. Ronald Brownstein, The Atlantic Read more »
Is Democrats’ Tent Too Big to Win the White House?
How, or even whether, Democrats nationwide will vote if their party nominates someone they don’t agree with looms over the Democratic nomination process as the field winnows to candidates with very different worldviews. CONT. V. Lance Tarrance, Gallup Read more »
Two polls frame the Democratic race and the power of African American voters
… Describing the Democratic campaign as a competition between the progressive wing and the African American wing is, admittedly, something of an apples and oranges comparison. But it speaks to what remains one of the biggest unanswered questions of the 2020 Democratic nomination contest: Will African Americans stick with Biden […] Read more »