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What Now? Strategic Evaluations and Re-Evaluations

Candidates for their party’s nomination in 2016 began the process with certain assumptions and strategies, all hoping their plans would work well enough to eventually put them in the White House. As the summer campaign season draws to a close, however, it’s become clear for some that earlier assumptions were wrong, strategic decisions didn’t pan out the way it was hoped, and some serious changes may be in order.

Several stories this morning highlight some of these strategic errors and shifts, ... Read More >>

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Young Iowa Dems 3.5 Times More Likely to Support Sanders than Clinton

Bernie Sanders has more than three times the support among young likely participants in the Iowa Democratic Caucus than that of challenger Hillary Clinton.

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Donors urge Hillary Clinton to stop ignoring Sanders

Hillary Clinton seems to think that if she just ignores Bernie Sanders, maybe he’ll go away.

The Democratic front-runner, so weakened that the two are basically even in Iowa and New Hampshire, is marching ahead with planned attacks against Republican contenders, man by man, making no explicit criticism of her main primary opponent.

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Poll: Clinton’s lead over Sanders drops to 10 points

Hillary Clinton’s lead in the Democratic presidential primary has dropped to 10 points since last month, according to a new CNN/ORC national poll of registered voters released Thursday night.

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Sanders Isn’t the Democrats’ Plan B

The momentum for Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders may have slowed, but he continues to build support for the Democratic nomination while former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton steadily watches her lead in the polls erode. This morning’s news only adds to this storyline, as Sanders has now snagged the lead in the Iowa caucuses, according to a new poll:

Bernie Sanders overtakes Hillary Clinton in Iowa

Bernie Sanders leads the former secretary of state for the first time among Iowa Democrats likely ... Read More >>

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Sanders campaign says 70,000 labor union members joined Wednesday conference call

The Democratic presidential campaign of Bernie Sanders said that 70,000 labor union members across the country participated in a conference call Wednesday night meant to rally rank-and-file workers supportive of the Vermont senator.

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New poll shows a Clinton-Sanders dead heat in Iowa

Bernie Sanders has drawn even with Hillary Rodham Clinton in a new poll of likely Iowa caucus-goers, suggesting a major shift in the nation’s first nominating state.

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