… By selecting Harris, Biden has positioned the Democratic Party for a profound generational and demographic transition, and he’s addressed the fundamental incongruity of his candidacy: the inherent strain of a nearly 78-year-old white man leading a political coalition that relies on big margins among young voters, people of color, […] Read more »
Kamala Harris Is Biden’s VP Pick — Here’s What It Means For The Election And Beyond
Former Vice President and presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden announced Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate today. Here’s a look at what this choice means and … what it doesn’t. … A clear plurality of Black voters favored Biden throughout 2019, helping keep the former vice president near the […] Read more »
Biden-Harris: A Predictable Pairing
Key Points• Kamala Harris, long seen as a frontrunner to be Joe Biden’s running mate, represents a vetted, qualified, and safe VP choice.• Harris is the latest in a long line of Democratic senators who have become running mates. If she becomes vice president, Democrats should not have any real […] Read more »
The Veepstakes Are Almost Over
After missing multiple self-imposed deadlines, presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden is expected to announce his running mate this week. In this installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, the crew discusses the conflict within the Democratic Party over who that pick should be and why the campaign has floated disparate and […] Read more »
Biden leads in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania due to COVID concerns, country’s direction
Late on election night 2016, it was Wisconsin and Pennsylvania that put Donald Trump over the top and into the White House, thanks to late-deciding voters who went his way, and big margins among people who wanted change. Today, the vast majority of voters in these two states say things […] Read more »
What Biden Really Needs From a VP Pick
… Biden is in the enviable position of leading this race with less than four months to go. He doesn’t need to convince voters that Trump isn’t doing a good job — a majority already feel that way. What he does need to do is assure them that he isn’t […] Read more »