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Win McNamee / Getty The COVID-19 Crisis Reveals an Old Divide Between the Parties
The debate over reopening the country has an uncanny parallel to one of the ugliest political fights of the past decade.
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Yuskiki / Shutterstock / The Atlantic Red and Blue America Aren’t Experiencing the Same Pandemic
The disconnect is already shaping, even distorting, the nation’s response.
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Jeff Roberson / AP It’s Over for Bernie
Bernie Sanders is staying in the race. But that doesn’t mean he has a path to victory.
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Joe Raedle / Getty Bernie Sanders Gets a Rude Awakening
Super Tuesday’s clearest message: While the senator has inspired a passionate depth of support, the breadth of his coalition remains too limited to win the nomination.
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Matt Rourke / AP Buttigieg and Klobuchar Are Out. What Now?
The college-educated white voters both candidates attracted are up for grabs. Whether Biden or Sanders wins them over could prove crucial to the race.
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Matt Rourke / AP The Sixty Trillion Dollar Man
The price of Bernie Sanders’s agenda could be his biggest general-election weakness. But his rivals haven’t yet forced him to explain how he’d cover the full cost.
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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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