May 03 A primary day in the life of an unbound delegate By Daniel Bush It was April 26, the day of Pennsylvania’s primary, and Seth Kaufer’s inbox contained 50 emails from Republican voters in Philadelphia’s fourth ward. Kaufer, a local GOP leader, was on the ballot to become an unpledged delegate at the party’s… Continue reading
May 03 Why Trump and Sanders are blasting the same enemy in Indiana (and it’s not Clinton) By Tara Jeffries Republican front-runner Donald Trump and Sen. Bernie Sanders have painted vastly different portraits of what ails the American economy. But ahead of Tuesday’s primary in Indiana, the two candidates have converged on a common enemy: Carrier, an air conditioning manufacturer… Continue reading
Apr 18 In Brooklyn, Clinton supporters carve out safe space in ‘Bernie bro’ country By Daniel Bush An unofficial Hillary Clinton campaign party in Brooklyn over the weekend gave Clinton supporters a rare opportunity to express support for the candidate in public without fear of being criticized by friends, family members and Bernie bros. Continue reading
Apr 03 How the GOP race looks through the eyes of a traveling vendor By Daniel Bush Robin McNamara has worked at nearly every Republican National Convention since 1996, and her travels across the country have brought her face to face with the passion-filled spectrum of GOP primary voters. Continue reading
Mar 25 Trump isn’t the only factor driving record Republican turnout By Daniel Bush Through the latest round of voting on Tuesday, Republican turnout was 58 percent higher than at this point in the 2012 primaries. But there are several other factors contributing to the rise in primary GOP turnout that have little to… Continue reading
Mar 22 Clinton and Trump clash in responses to Brussels attacks By Daniel Bush Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's markedly different responses to today’s terrorist attacks in Brussels offer a preview of how the two front-runners would clash over national security and immigration in the general election. Continue reading
Mar 15 All in for Trump: inside a North Carolina military family’s GOP politics By Elizabeth Summers He’s attacked veterans and women, characterized Mexican immigrants as rapists and drug traffickers, and voiced his desire to punch a protester in the face. And yet, Donald Trump continues to dominate the GOP presidential race, even bringing scores of new… Continue reading
Feb 19 At Supreme Court, voters weigh in on replacing Scalia By Daniel Bush Republican leaders have spent the last week arguing that Justice Antonin Scalia’s Supreme Court seat should be filled after the American people elect a new president. On Friday, voters had a chance to weigh in as the court opened its… Continue reading
Feb 15 Filling a Supreme Court seat in an election year happens more often than you think By Daniel Bush How unusual is it really to fill a Supreme Court vacancy during a presidential election year? As it turns out, several Democratic and Republican presidents have filled a vacancy on the nation’s highest court in the middle of a heated… Continue reading
Feb 04 Donald Trump’s Iowa legacy: more Latino caucus goers than ever By David J. Dent More than 10,000 Latinos caucused in Iowa last Monday, up from roughly 1,000 eight years ago. The group that helped organized Hispanic voter turnout in the state, the League of United Latin American Citizens of Iowa, has Donald Trump's rhetoric… Continue reading