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Progressives and The Electability Question

The conventional wisdom is that in the primaries, candidates tend to be more extreme—for Dems, this means tilting left--as they try to stand out among the field of candidates, but after a nominee has been chosen, he/she will run to the middle, hoping to appeal to independents and moderates....

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Can Dems Win Back the White House in 2020 with a Moderate Candidate?

While media commentators have focused on the energy generated by the progressive wing of the Democratic Party and its leading campaign issue—Medicare-for-All—this could be deceptive. In this article, the author shows that for the 2018 mid0term elections, significantly more moder...

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