… Sen. Bernie Sanders’s (I-Vt.) core electability argument, repeated regularly at his rallies, brags that his “is the campaign that can bring millions of people into the political process who normally do not vote.” It’s a potentially powerful case, with one critical weakness — there’s no evidence it accurately represents […] Read more »
Congress Needs to Start Thinking About COVID-19 and the Presidential Election — Now
Key Points • The spread of COVID-19 has already begun disrupting plans across the world. Congress must begin thinking about how it could potentially disrupt the upcoming presidential election. • Measures taken to prevent the spread of disease could come into conflict with voting. • The closer the election gets, […] Read more »
Black turnout in primaries might make Democrats think twice about swing voter strategy
Voters fill out Super Tuesday ballots in North Carolina. Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images Todd Shaw, University of South Carolina Big wins for Joe Biden on Super Tuesday and in the South Carolina primary a few days earlier have seemingly bolstered a centrist view of how best to capture the presidency: […] Read more »
Super Tuesday: Why didn’t more young people vote?
Young people are the future of politics – or at least, they should be. In the US, people aged 39 and younger – millennials and Generation Z – now make up more than a third of eligible voters. They’re considered more ethnically diverse, and liberal, than older generations, and experts […] Read more »
Upcoming primaries present Biden with a path to nomination
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ 2020 run for the White House has been predicated on his ability to energize the electorate and bring new voters to the polls. But results from primary states so far suggest that increases in the vote up to now have not helped Sanders. In fact, the […] Read more »
Will the coronavirus affect this year’s presidential election?
… The health effects of the coronavirus are, in my opinion, much more serious and weighty than its political ramifications. Still, it is an election year, and both Democrats and President Trump have been making some partisan hay out of the virus. It is thus worth at least contemplating how […] Read more »