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COVID-19 Election: How We’ll Pick a President in the Age of Self-Quarantine

Social distancing, self-quarantine, and lockdowns threaten the American institution of primary elections, not to mention the general election in November. Is there a way to conduct the primaries in the age of COVID-19 without raising questions about the legitimacy of the balloting.

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Iowa’s 3-Ring Caucus: Democrats Demonstrate How They Do Democracy

The party of the people — where every vote counts and every vote must be counted — can’t figure out how many voted for whom in this week’s Iowa caucuses. Why did the party that has a Plan B for pregnancy, lack one for reporting votes. This 3-ring caucus shows Democrats do Democracy. Visit The […]

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Democrats Panic as Bernie Racks Up Poll Victories Days before Voting Starts

With Bernie Sanders taking the lead in a number of state polls, Democratic insiders panic at the thought that they can’t stop him. Jonathan Chait, writing in New York Magazine, calls nominating Bernie “insanity” because he’s the riskiest candidate since Barry Goldwater in 1964’s Republican presidential contest. Who will win this battle for the soul […]