On a Bad Night, Bernie Won Big With Latinx Voters. Here’s How He Did It.
When I first met Oscar Ortiz at his job in downtown Coachella, California, I noticed two things right off the bat. One, he’s very tall—like, 6-foot-enough to make it awkward for this 5-foot reporter to walk next to him and get a microphone anywhere near his mouth. And two, he’s got a pretty chill demeanor—at…
Sanders Said It Takes a Revolution to Beat Trump. On Super Tuesday, Most Democrats Disagreed.
Bernie Sanders arrives for his primary night rally in Vermont.Matt Rourke/AP Bernie Sanders, the Vermont democratic socialist, has been trying for five years to convince Democratic and independent voters to join a political revolution and back his hostile takeover of the Democratic Party. He has drawn thousands to his mega-rallies. He has inspired millions—many of…
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Says that Bernie Supporters and Warren Supporters Must Unite
Zach D Roberts/NurPhoto/Zuma The supporters of Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, the two progressive Democratic presidential candidates, have been notoriously unfriendly to one another ever since the candidates’ icy encounter following a January debate revealed growing cracks in the former allies’ relationship. Their disagreement centered on Warren reminding Sanders of comments she says he made…
Bernie Sanders Lost the Black Vote. That’s Probably a Problem Going Forward.
Bernie Sanders speaks during a campaign event in Spartanburg, South Carolina, on Thursday, February 27.Matt Rourke/AP In the ballroom of a convention center in Columbia, South Carolina, Bernie Sanders campaign co-chair Nina Turner stared out at the crowd of supporters that had gathered for what they’d hoped would be another victory party. The group was…
Bernie Sanders Makes His Pitch to Virginia Ahead of Super Tuesday
Susan Walsh/AP Hours after billionaire politician Michael Bloomberg tried to convince a posh Northern Virginia hotel conference room full of women to vote for him, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders held his own rally a few miles down the road. Upwards of 10,000 people attended Sanders’ event, held at sports complex in Springfield, compared to the…
Medicare for All May Not Be the Poison Pill Biden and Buttigieg Are Banking on
Bernie Sanders points at Joe Biden and Pete Buttigieg during a Democratic presidential primary on February 19, 2020, in Las Vegas.John Locher/AP South Carolinians who turned on the television this week likely watched a 30-second ad in which Pete Buttigieg explains that some of his opponents in the Democratic presidential primary “say it’s Medicare for…