The South Carolina Primary: A Quick Look at Black Voters

By Sarah Dutton  The South Carolina Democratic primary not only represented a must-win state for Joe Biden if he wanted to keep his candidacy viable, but it was also the first contest with a sizable African American voting population.  And with help from that voting bloc, Biden won the primary there.  According to the Edison […]

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The New Hampshire Democratic Primaries – How They Won and Lost

By Sarah Dutton The New Hampshire Democratic Primary electorate is overwhelmingly angry with the Trump administration (79%) and a majority is focused on candidates’ electability (63%) over issue positions (33%), according to Edison Research exit polls.  The final vote tallies for the top three candidates – Sanders, Buttigieg and Klobuchar – showed a close race, and in […]

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Americans and Employer-Sponsored Health Care

by Matt Brownsword Healthcare was a prominent topic at the most recent Democratic presidential debates. The conversation pitted the progressive, Medicare-for-all solution proposed by Senators Kamala Harris, among others, against the moderate, “build on Obamacare” plan put forth by former Vice President Joe Biden. Senator Harris offered the idea that “it’s time that (the United […]

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