Subterms
Hundreds of thousands of Iowans are barred from the Iowa caucus because of physical and legal barriers As Democratic candidates began a last-minute blitz across Iowa on Friday evening, nearly a dozen men gathered in a cavernous YMCA meeting room in downtown Des Moines to have a conversation that felt a universe removed from the […] More
Democrats Democratic presidential candidates makes their final pitch to the state but midwesterners are still torn over who to support in race against Donald Trump Bernie Sanders speaks to supporters and volunteers in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Photograph: Mike Segar/Reuters Many Iowans look forward to their state’s caucuses, the quadrennial ritual of gathering at schools, churches […] More
Chris McGreal visits the first US state to vote in this year’s race for the Democratic party’s presidential nomination. Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren are vying for crucial early momentum in the race to take on Trump. Plus: Iman Amrani on modern masculinity How to listen to podcasts: everything you need to know […] More
In Iowa, a vote for Warren is a vote for Biden Nathan Robinson Those who like both progressives should study how the caucus works and make sure they don’t accidentally destroy both It’s a crowded field in Iowa and the rules can be confusing. Photograph: Reuters File Photo/Reuters Let’s look at where things stand with […] More
US elections 2020 Warren sought to cast herself as uniquely positioned to unite the party in her final appeal to Iowans this weekend Elizabeth Warren at a campaign event on Saturday in Davenport, Iowa. Photograph: Matt Rourke/AP Hours after the Senate impeachment trial of Donald Trump adjourned for the evening in Washington on Friday, Elizabeth […] More
Opinion Bernie Sanders In 2016 I was all in for Hillary but in 2020 I’m feeling the Bern Maybe I picked Clinton because I wanted a woman to be president. I still do. But Sanders is a leader we can believe in Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders acknowledge the audience at a campaign stop in […] More
‘We can’t risk another four years of Trump’: will Democrats in Iowa play it safe or go bold? People listen to Elizabeth Warren at a campaign stop in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on 26 January 2020. Photograph: Stephen Maturen/AFP via Getty Images Democrats voting in the Iowa caucuses grapple with the question of not only which […] More
‘We can lose this election’: what top Democrats fear could go wrong in 2020 Donald Trump at a campaign rally, in Toledo, Ohio, in January. Photograph: Jacquelyn Martin/AP Democrats worry that a bloody drawn out primary, candidates fighting each other, running out of money, and failing to attract swing voters could cost them the election […] More
