Opinion Today
The Sanders Tax
Kyle Kondik & J. Miles Coleman, Sabato’s Crystal Ball
How our Electoral College ratings might change if Bernie Sanders becomes the presumptive nominee.
Sanders could not beat Trump simply by mobilizing turnout. Here's why.
Ronald Brownstein, CNN
Bernie Sanders often says the principal reason he can beat President Donald Trump in a general election is that he will massively increase voter turnout. But few serious analysts in the Democratic Party believe he could win the way he says, by burying Trump under a tidal wave of new liberal voters.
How Progressives Can Recapture Seven Deeply Held American Values
Simon Greer & Richard D. Kahlenberg, The Century Foundation
Research suggests voters are swayed more by a politician’s articulation of values than policies.
Undecided first, Bernie Sanders second in Crosscut/Elway WA primary poll
Donna Gordon Blankinship, Crosscut
Sen. Bernie Sanders and “undecided” would be equally likely to win the Washington Democratic presidential…