by Bill Scher | Apr 6, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, Election 2016
The Republican Party is ceasing to be a cohesive party. In Wisconsin, one-third of Republican primary voters wouldn't vote for either of the party's leading candidates in the general election. As NBC News analyzed: When asked what they would do if [Ted] Cruz were the...
by Robert Borosage | Apr 6, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
Bernie Sanders swamped Hillary Clinton in the Wisconsin Democratic primary Tuesday. Ted Cruz won big over Donald Trump on the Republican side. The chances for a contested Republican convention increased markedly. And Sanders’ momentum in the Democratic race continues...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 4, 2016 | Blog, Democracy, Election 2016
Republican voter suppression turned Arizona's primary into a fiasco that forced people to wait in five-hour-long lines to vote. Many were turned away. Wisconsin Republicans are also disenfranchising citizens with laws designed to discourage voting by groups that might...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 31, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Trade
Trade is again an issue in a midwestern primary state. The Wisconsin primary is Tuesday and Senator Bernie Sanders is pounding on his opposition to trade deals that have closed factories and cost jobs. A new poll shows this could be his path to success with voters....
by Bill Scher | Mar 31, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, Election 2016
According to a recent Washington Post poll, Donald Trump is deemed "unfavorable" by majorities of African Americans, Hispanics, white women, and white men. That's pretty much everybody. The notion that Donald Trump "gets away with everything" and can race-bait and...
by Robert Borosage | Mar 28, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
Bernie Sanders routed Hillary Clinton in three Western states on Saturday. He isn’t just winning; he’s winning with stunning percentages: Alaska 82-18; Hawaii 70-30; Washington 73-27. He’s taken five of six in the West, and chipped away Clinton’s lead in pledged...
