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The past week of news has shown just how entrenched the state of polarization is in the United States today The early 20th-century American entertainer and social commentator Will Rogers once observed: “I’m not a member of any organized political party. I am a Democrat.” Rarely has that aphorism seemed as appropriate as in the […] More
Sanders maintains lead over other candidates, according to CNN poll, while Biden under pressure to revive campaign Leading Democratic presidential candidates have stepped up attacks against each other ahead of the New Hampshire primary, with Joe Biden saying Bernie Sanders’ democratic socialism would turn off voters in moderate states in a general election against Donald […] More
In a break from Obama’s big-tech data-gathering era, Bernie Sanders’ team prizes trust and empowerment The Iowa caucuses this week were a tale of two political technologies. There was Shadow Inc’s disastrous app for tallying votes, funded by a team drawn from Obama-era politics and technology, which failed due to impossible timelines, a lack of […] More
The billionaire ex-mayor decided to forgo New Hampshire and all other early primary states and has invested $188m in his campaign In their stump speeches, advertising, and meet-and-greets, the top 2020 Democratic presidential candidates are eagerly sniping at each other as they criss cross the Granite state in the final days before the critical New […] More
If the choice comes down to tyrant or oligarch, we must choose the latter. But our democracy would still be in peril We haven’t seen his name on any of the ballots in the first four states, but that’s about to change. I’m talking, of course, about multibillionaire presidential hopeful Michael Bloomberg. Bloomberg has a […] More
Hefty cash haul shows Minnesota senator’s resilience after strong debate performance – but can she prosper in Tuesday’s primary? Senator Amy Klobuchar has raised $2m since Friday’s 2020 Democratic debate, her campaign said on Saturday, in the latest sign of her resilience in the presidential primary contest. Related: Alexander Vindman lawyer attacks Trump over ‘obviously […] More
Sabirah Mahmud was in a Biden video. Ayanna Lee was in an ad for Warren. Neither of them consented, nor do they support those candidates With the 2020 election well under way in the US, political advertisements with messages of hope and inclusivity have been flooding social media feeds and inboxes all across the country. […] More
If Democrats want to dismantle white supremacy, they can start right now by dismantling a caucus system that ignores black voters The results from Iowa are in: there are no results. On Thursday, three days after the caucuses began on Monday, the Associated Press announced that due to irregularities and how close the race is, […] More
