They’re not libertarians on climate change or college costs, and voting for Johnson only helps someone they like even less—Trump.
Harold Meyerson
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Enough Rope
Hillary Clinton outperformed Donald Trump on several fronts in the first presidential debate, leaving her room to grow on economic issues but doing nothing to persuade swing voters to move in his direction.
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The Riddle of Immigrant Voting
No institution today can bring out the immigrant vote like the old urban machines and industrial unions once did.
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A Shifting Electoral Map Gives Democrats the Advantage
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.
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How the Charter School Lobby Is Changing the Democratic Party
In cities and states nationwide, centrist billionaires are working to unseat progressive Democrats.
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Obama Confronts Trump’s Shaky Grasp of Democracy
Contrasting sharply with the Republican message last week, the president stressed democratic values.
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Bill Clinton Wins Hearts and Heads
The Democratic Party’s éminence grise delivers a masterful portrait of the woman and change agent who would be president.
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The Sighted and the Blinkered
Bernie Sanders succeeded in pulling both the Democratic Party and Hillary Clinton to the left. But a loud minority fails to see this victory.
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At Democratic Convention, Bernie’s Army Takes on a Life of its Own
Bernie Sanders has won key concessions from Democrats and accepted Hillary Clinton’s vice presidential pick, but many of his followers are marching in a different direction.
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Trump’s Dystopia
Trump’s dark warnings and grandiose pledges that he alone can save the troubled nation sound an ominously authoritarian note.
