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vision 2020
May 22, 2020
Joe Biden’s New Tax Pledge Is Indefensible By promising not to raise taxes on Americans who earn under $400,000, Biden is constraining his governing agenda for no good reason.
By Eric Levitz
democrats
Apr. 17, 2020
Virginia Shows That Centrist Democrats Can Move a State Left Nobody thinks of suburban-dependent Virginia Democrats as all that progressive. But they are putting together a record that Joe Biden might emulate.
By Ed Kilgore
vision 2020
Oct. 4, 2019
Will Progressive Democrats ‘Move to the Center’ When Facing Trump? There are different ways to skin the swing-voter cat, but Democratic primary voters must pick a general-election strategy along with a nominee.
By Ed Kilgore
democrats
Aug. 10, 2018
What Is a ‘Centrist’ Democrat, Anyway? Left-of-center folk need a good, thorough debate to resolve confusion over the old labels, or maybe a new vocabulary altogether.
By Ed Kilgore
May 31, 2018
Seniors Are More Conservative Because the Poor Die Off Sometimes older voters aren’t just naturally more conservative. It’s just that wealthier and whiter people tend to live longer and healthier lives.
By Ed Kilgore
Feb. 22, 2017
Democrats Try to Transcend Divisive Symbolism in DNC Race Media and activists alike are trying to turn a close DNC contest into a surrogate battle between factions. That makes the outcome hard to predict.
By Ed Kilgore