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Pete Buttigieg and Bernie Sanders take the lead in Iowa after a debacle with the results reporting - now the candidates move on to New Hampshire, where Sanders is the favourite.
While Bernie Sanders is polling strongest in Iowa, Joe Biden remains the national frontrunner for the Democratic nomination.
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Polls are showing Bernie Sanders leading in next week’s important Iowa caucuses- but polls have been notoriously bad at predicting caucuses’ outcomes.
Memes played a role in 2016 – and they’re set to play an even bigger one in 2020.
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Much was made of The New York Times’ dual endorsement of Elizabeth Warren and Amy Klobuchar. But four days prior, a hugely popular Facebook meme group threw its support behind Bernie Sanders.
Brokered conventions are a cloak-and-dagger affair. Just ask Henry Clay.
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Some Democrats are fearing chaos at the convention if no candidate meets the nomination threshold. History suggests they are right to be concerned.
Oh no he didn’t.
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Food might seem like an easy way to appeal to the masses. But when politicians wade into local food customs, they do so at their own risk.
Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders shake hands before the debate on Jan. 14.
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At the Jan. 14 debate, held at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, six candidates clashed on jobs, Iran and more.
Anthony Albanese led Scott Morrison 43-39 as preferred prime minister in the first Newspoll of the new year.
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Morrison suffered a drop in his job performance rating, with 37% saying they were satisfied, down eight points from early December, and 59% saying they were dissatisfied, up 11 points.
Seven democratic candidates convened in Los Angeles for a debate.
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Scholars explain important moments in the Democratic presidential debate on Dec. 19.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren would make universal preschool a federal priority.
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Biden, Sanders, Warren and other candidates are calling for a substantial and unprecedented spending boost.
Joe Biden was among the top candidates who met with Unite Here culinary workers in Las Vegas.
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All seven Democrats set to take the stage on Dec. 19 had vowed to boycott the debate in support of a union that represents 150 food service workers in California.
Democracy needs to apply to our economies, as well as our politics.
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Unlike older visions of economic democracy which started with class or the collective, the starting point now should be the individual
Ten Democratic presidential candidates took the stage in Atlanta on Nov. 20.
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Learn more about the economic issues that were debated by the Democratic presidential candidates in Atlanta on Nov. 20.
Several Democrats running for president in 2020 support some version of Medicare for all.
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There’s a very simple way to give Medicare to all: delete six words from the legislation that created the program in 1965.
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has so far failed to propose bold labour initiatives in the lead-up to the Oct. 21 federal election.
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The federal NDP is missing an opportunity to put workers’ rights firmly on the agenda during this election campaign.
They didn’t come out and say what they really mean.
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Americans want government to serve them, but don’t have confidence that it actually can.
She’s sitting third on the list of Democratic nomination contenders, but might Elizabeth Warren ultimately be the person to beat Donald Trump?
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She’s sitting third on the list of Democratic candidates at the moment, but the Massachusetts Senator’s growing popularity may catapult her to the nomination.
Ronald Reagan at the end of his debate with Walter Mondale, Oct. 22, 1984, Kansas City, Mo.
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Self-deprecating humor can be a savvy campaign strategy – but only for certain candidates.
Of Jennifer Silva’s sample of 108 working-class people, over two-thirds didn’t even vote in the 2016 election.
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A sociologist spent over a year interviewing black, white and Latino residents of a declining coal town in central Pennsylvania, plumbing the sources of their political disillusionment.
Ten presidential candidates debate on July 30. Marianne Williamson, Tim Ryan, Amy Klobuchar, Pete Buttigieg, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Beto O'Rourke, John Hickenlooper, John Delaney, Steve Bullock.
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The winner will set the course of America for years to come.
The U.K.’s Tony Blair, left, campaigned on ‘modernizing’ the welfare system. Bill Clinton, right, campaigned on reducing welfare in the U.S.
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Democratic presidential candidates share many ideas and opinions. What they don’t share, writes one historian, is the label ‘liberal.’