Now that Sen. Bernie Sanders has become the clear favorite for the Democratic nomination, the Vermont independent’s rivals — and many in the Democratic Party — are sounding loud, clanging alarms about his viability against President Trump. Those alarms, of course, are in some cases self-interested, but a thorough airing-out […] Read more »
Biden lost his ‘electable’ claim. That’s why black votes are up for grabs again.
… The lesson to take from what we know about why black voting is steadfastly Democratic in general elections, and to apply to the primaries, is that candidates seeking to consolidate bloc-like support from black voters have a twofold job. First, without party identification as a shortcut for political decision-making, […] Read more »
Here’s how Bernie Sanders in 2020 differs from Bernie Sanders in 2016
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is the prohibitive frontrunner for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. It’s not just that he had more people cast a ballot for him in each of the first three contests. It’s how Sanders is doing it compared to his last run in 2016. Sanders is putting […] Read more »
Sanders won big with Latinos in Nevada. The nation’s largest minority group could reshape the Democratic race
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ big win among Latinos in Saturday’s Nevada caucuses underscores the potential for the nation’s largest minority group to reshape the next stage of the Democratic presidential race. Almost all of the states with a large Latino population will vote in just the next four weeks: Nevada […] Read more »
Biden’s advantage shrinks among key voters
Next week the Democratic nominating process moves to South Carolina and to a very different electorate. For months, the state’s African-American population has been seen as a kind of firewall for former Vice President Joe Biden – a group of voters who would support him even if he had a […] Read more »
How Bernie Sanders Dominated in Nevada
… For at least one day, in one state, the long-promised political revolution of Mr. Sanders came to vivid life, a multiracial coalition of immigrants, college students, Latina mothers, younger black voters, white liberals and even some moderates who embraced his idea of radical change and lifted him to victory […] Read more »