These pollsters say Democrats must boil their menu of economic policies down to the kind of simple slogan that advertisers call a “reason to believe.”
Election 2016
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Elections: State Progress, Federal Train Wreck
State secretaries bask in smooth Election Day, joust in Washington’s battles
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The Impeachment of Hillary Clinton
Republicans would never have reversed their views on Russia for Hillary Clinton.
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States Have Real Election Problems. Voter Fraud Isn’t One of Them.
State election officials want to see Washington help out with their real issues or get out of their polling booths.
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Q&A: The Congresswoman Who Won’t Be There
Massachusetts’s Katherine Clark explains why she won’t be in the inaugural stands today.
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Twenty in ’20
Dreaming of 2020? Here’s how 20 potential Democratic White House contenders stack up.
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Q&A: A New 50-State Strategy
A conversation with former DNC head Howard Dean on the race for party chair, looking beyond the Beltway, and rebuilding the Democratic Party.
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The Transition: From Democrat to Autocrat
What’s in play over the next four years—unlike the past eight—is democracy itself.
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Barack Obama Gives a Farewell Address for the Ages
The president used his platform to begin organizing resistance to Trump, and the forces threatening U.S. democracy.
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How Dwindling Union Power Helped Usher In Trump
Donald Trump swept the Rust Belt in part because labor unions are in retreat, a trend that started long before Election Day.