A new 50-state poll from The Washington Post contains both good and bad news for Democrats. Third-party candidates appear to be helping Donald Trump more than Hillary Clinton, but long-term demographic trends clearly favor progressives.
Election 2016
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Trump Touts Pledge of Allegiance with Socialist Roots
Donald Trump’s vision of America clashes sharply with the original intent behind the Pledge of Allegiance, penned during the Gilded Age to promote equity, tolerance, and progressive ideals.
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Donald Trump and the Plan of No Plan
The Donald’s plan for the economy sounds great—until you get specific.
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Nonprofit Structure Backfires on ‘Our Revolution’
The group set up to carry on Bernie Sanders’s progressive movement has gotten off to a bumpy start, in part because Sanders backers set it up as a tax-exempt organization.
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Is Hillary Clinton’s Alt-Right Strategy an Act of Genius?
Liberals worry that she’s shored up more conventional Republican leaders by differentiating Trump from them.
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Trumpism Could Be More Dangerous Than Trump
To defeat the post-election Trump movement, Clinton will need to balance conventional progressive goals with a politics of class uplift.
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Even on His Signature Issue, Donald Trump Can’t Figure Out What He Believes
What is clear is that most voters are not as hardline on immigration as Trump may assume.
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Controversy Versus Corruption
Recent email disclosures involving the Democratic National Committee and the Clinton Foundation create appearance problems, but as yet produce no evidence of corruption.
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Donald Trump Has a Big Racist Problem — Or Does He?
When Trump repudiates his racist followers, we’ll know he’s serious about changing his tune.
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Reverend William Barber Is on a Mission from God: Change the Country’s Moral Narrative
A conversation with the architect of “Moral Mondays” on the struggle for voting rights, Fight for 15, and building toward a third Reconstruction.
