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Democratic Primary 2016
March 1, 2016
Meaghan Murphy
How Donald Trump hurts Bernie Sanders in Massachusetts.
March 1, 2016
Clio Chang, Sam Adler-Bell
How Bernie Sanders Missed His Last, Best Chance to Woo Minority Voters
By proposing robust welfare reforms, Sanders could have hit Hillary Clinton where she is most vulnerable.
March 1, 2016
Steven Cohen
Hillary Clinton is already looking past Super Tuesday—to when it’s safer to stack up the lobbyist cash.
March 1, 2016
Mikaela Lefrak
Super Tuesday: Here’s What Goes Down
March 1, 2016
Jeet Heer
Bernie Sanders Is Slip Slidin’ Away on Super Tuesday
Dented by losses in Nevada and South Carolina, he faces an ominous drop in support in key states.
February 29, 2016
Emma Foehringer Merchant
If Bernie Sanders falters, Jesse Ventura says he’s ready to jump into the race.
February 29, 2016
Steven Cohen
For many southern states, Super Tuesday will be a voter suppression test drive.
February 29, 2016
Gwyneth Kelly
Oklahoma! Where Bernie Sanders Had Better Not Lose
February 29, 2016
Elizabeth Bruenig
Let the open primary chicanery begin: Democrats are being urged to vote for Rubio to stop Trump.
February 29, 2016
Emma Foehringer Merchant
A Prairie Home Caucus
Can Sanders and Rubio pull off Super Tuesday wins in Minnesota?
February 29, 2016
Joshua Mound
What Democrats Still Don’t Get About George McGovern
The party took all the wrong lessons from his landslide loss to Richard Nixon in '72.
February 28, 2016
Adam Peck
Bernie Sanders foregoes a concession speech for a rather morose campaign rally in Minnesota.
February 28, 2016
Elizabeth Bruenig
Bernie Sanders’s New Campaign
After Hillary's landslide victory in South Carolina, here's how Bernie can make his revolution matter for the Democratic Party.
February 28, 2016
Elspeth Reeve
Hillary is positioning herself as the anti-Trump, promising to “tear down barriers” instead of building a wall.
February 28, 2016
Adam Peck
Hillary Clinton did better among black voters than Barack Obama did in 2008.
February 28, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
Hillary Clinton was declared the winner of the South Carolina primary as soon as the polls closed.
February 25, 2016
Adam Peck
Hillary Clinton regrets using the term “superpredator” in a speech 20 years ago.
February 25, 2016
MagazineJoshua Cohen
Bernie’s Complaint
The reluctant roots of his radicalism.
February 24, 2016
Paul Blest
Bernie Is the Pragmatic Pick for True Liberals
Hillary Clinton’s realism is overrated.
February 24, 2016
Mikaela Lefrak
Clinton is making white privilege a key issue in her racial justice platform.

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