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Month: February 2016

• 2016 Election

  Let’s Not Selectively Doubt Nevada’s Entrance Polls

  Hillary Clinton won Nevada’s caucus last night by about 5.5 percentage points.  We don’t have official voting results by race, but polls taken before voters caucused (“entrance polls”) suggested the following demographic breakdown: The Clinton campaign and several journalists have raised questions about whether Sanders actually won the Latino vote. …

  February 21, 2016
• 2016 Election Gender Issues US Political System

  Supporting Bernie Sanders is a Feminist Choice

  Lela Spielberg is a lifelong advocate for gender equality. She has worked in the education and social services field as a teacher, policy analyst, and program designer at a local family foundation in Washington, DC.  In this post, she describes how the dialogue about Bernie Sanders and his supporters illustrates…

  February 14, 2016
• 2016 Election US Political System

  Evidence Indicates that Bernie Sanders is the Democrats’ Best Shot at the White House

  Of those who know who he is, most voters like Bernie Sanders.  He is the only major presidential candidate with a positive net favorability rating among the general public.  Yet despite these facts and his wildly popular ideas, he remains the underdog in the race for the Democratic nomination.  Why?…

  February 11, 2016