Breaking down our political breakdown
With the second Democratic debate over and the field likely to shrink within the next month or two (the qualification criteria for the third debate are much stricter), this feels like a good time to check in on the state of the race. Following the RealClearPolitics average of candidates polling percentages, I’m going to run
The third ideological category in 2020 will be the people in the mainstream of the party. Think of these candidates as the ones following the Obama/Clinton model – trying to straddle both the moderate and progressive wings of the party. They might also describe themselves as “Practical Progressives,” or Hillary Clinton’s “Progressive who likes to
A lot of people are going to be running for President in 2020. Probably close to twenty. There are already two candidates with some degree of national press running (and a third just formed an exploratory committee). That number is going to skyrocket in 2019. So, I’m going to break down the massive list of
The day after the election, a friend of mine texted me to say that the Joe Manchins of the world had done great and Progressives had done horribly. That’s not quite right though. Yes, Joe Manchin (D-WV) himself, the most conservative Senate Democrat, won reelection in West Virginia, which Trump carried by 42 points. It’s
Breakdown Politics 