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Mario Tama / Getty Democrats Went After the Wrong Guy
Bernie Sanders is the front-runner. But his opponents still aren’t treating him like one.
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Drew Angerer / Getty What a Sanders Win in Nevada Would Really Mean
In short: It would up the chances of a contested convention.
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Matt Rourke / AP A Drawn-Out Nomination Fight Is More Likely Than Ever
The New Hampshire results confirmed how hard it’ll be for any Democratic candidate to assemble a broad coalition.
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M. Scott Brauer / Redux The 2020 Democrats All Have the Same Problem
They’re niche candidates.
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Jim Watson / Getty Trump’s Biggest Vulnerability
His lies about health care at the State of the Union signal just how weak he is on the issue.
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Matt Rourke / AP 2020 Democrats Are Bringing Butter Knives to a Gunfight
The stakes of tonight’s Iowa caucus are much higher than the candidates seem to think.
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Stephen Maturen / AFP / Getty The One Way That Iowa Looks Like the Democratic Party
Urban areas in the state are shifting to the left, a trend that could tilt the final outcome on caucus night.
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Charlie Neibergall / AP A Reckoning Over Iowa
The privileged status of the early-voting states could come under threat if they elevate a candidate next month who ultimately loses to Donald Trump.
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Jordan Gale / The New York Times / ... The Opportunity That Warren and Sanders Passed Up
The two most progressive candidates want to win the nomination by consolidating the Democratic Party’s most liberal flank without reaching far beyond it.
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Lynsey Weatherspoon / Redux Democrats’ Future Is Moving Beyond the Rust Belt
The partisan and generational struggles for control of the nation’s direction will be decided in the Sun Belt instead.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters One Thing About the 2020 Election Is Already Clear
Regardless of which side wins next year, the divide between red and blue America is likely to only grow wider.
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Matt Rourke / AP Trump’s Reelection Is Sitting on a Knife’s Edge
The 2020 contest could hinge on one key factor.
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Chip Somodevilla / Getty The Votes That Could Deliver Democrats Another Majority
Impeachment isn’t the most significant ballot lawmakers are casting this month—or even this week.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters The Russification of the Republican Party
GOP lawmakers used to oppose the president’s embrace of Putin and the Kremlin. Not anymore.
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Brendan Smialowski / AP Will John Roberts Constrain Trump?
Few questions may shape the president’s remaining tenure more than how often the chief justice steps in to limit executive powers.
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Tom Brenner / Reuters Trump’s War on Expertise Is Only Intensifying
But his attacks on career government officials could backfire with an ever more educated electorate.
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The Atlantic Just How Far Will Republicans Go for Trump?
Lawmakers won’t face facts about Ukraine because they’re scared of the base. Yet one reason the president’s support remains so indivisible is that few lawmakers have condemned him.
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Bryan Woolston / AP The Suburban Backlash Against the GOP Is Growing
Donald Trump’s strategy of revving up his rural base may not be worth the cost.
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Cheryl Senter / AP Can Warren Actually Avoid Taxing the Middle Class?
Her Medicare for All plan makes big assumptions about how much money she’ll be able to squeeze from the health-care system.
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Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP Nancy Pelosi’s Predictions for Impeachment
The House speaker is concerned about voters’ appetite for a lengthy process: “How much drama can the American people handle?”
