Outside the Beltway

Joe Biden continues to have a strong lead in the Palmetto State, thanks largely to strong support from African-American voters.

Is the left unwittingly fueling a reactionary moment?

We won’t have Hickenlooper to kick around anymore.

Rich candidates are buying artificial donors to stay in the contest.

One week out from the second Democratic debate, Elizabeth Warren appears to be the biggest beneficiary. while Kamala Harris appears to be falling behind.

Another post-debate poll shows little change in the race for the Democratic nomination.

The first poll since this week’s debate concluded shows little movement in the race for the Democratic nomination.

As was the case in June, the second night of the second Democratic debate was seen by more people than the first night.

July’s Jobs Report was in line with expectations, but hardly indicative of a booming economy.

Future debates among the 2020 Democratic candidates are likely to have fewer participants. That’s a good thing.

As was the case a month ago, Vice-President Biden and Senator Kamala Harris were the focus of last night’s debate. Things turned out very differently, though.

It looks like fewer people are tuning in for the second Democratic debate.

The first night of the second Democratic debate consisted largely of clashes between the party’s progressive wing and more moderate elements.

The bizarre format meant an angry old man got the lion’s share of air time.

For the second time in month, the candidates for the Democratic Presidential nomination will face off in a two-night debate, so it’s as good a time as any to look at the polls.

Kamala Harris’s post-debate rise in the polls appears to be losing momentum as we head into the second debate.

The top four Democratic candidates are grouped closely together in the most recent polls out of delegate-rich California.

The lineups for the second Democratic debate are set, and they include some interesting pairings.

Once again, twenty candidates will participate in the second debate scheduled to take place over two nights at the end of the month.

Bernie Sanders won the New Hampshire Primary by a huge margin in 2016. This time, he’s slipping in the polls as other candidates rise ahead of him.

Beto O’Rourke’s campaign for President is going nowhere fast and he has only a small amount of time to stop the slide.

The numbers are in and there’s good news for some candidates and bad news for a lot of the others.

Democratic voters and donors appear to be narrowing their choices for a nominee down, which could mean a short future for a lot of current Democratic candidates.

Senator Elizabeth Warren raised $19 million despite eschewing the high-dollar fundraisers her opponents have utilized.

A silly story for the silly season.

Nearly half the country thinks he’s not a terrible President.

Should the pundit class look more like America?

Kamala Harris lagged the top Democratic candidates in fundraising in the second quarter, but that’s likely to change.

Bernie Sanders is finding that the 2020 campaign is very different from 2016.

It was a very successful fundraising quarter for the former Vice-President.

A convergence of OTB discussions.

The post-debate polling of the Democratic race continues to be somewhat chaotic, but it’s clear that Harris and Warren have made this a very different race than it was before the debates.

Elizabeth Warren and Kamala Harris are up, and Bernie Sanders is down, in the first state-level poll since the debates.

Three new polls show significant changes in the Democratic race in the wake of last week’s debates.

Bernie Sanders raised $18 million in the second quarter of the year, trailing fellow candidate Pete Buttigieg.

News outlets are hyping small swings in their surveys but the race is pretty much where it was when it began.

New polling suggests that the President may not be benefiting from the relatively healthy economy as much as expected.

Mayor Pete is raking in the dough.

The first Democratic debate has had an impact in the polls, with Kamala Harris rising and Joe Biden falling, although he still remains far ahead of his opponents.

A considerable number of Republican have effectively left our party over Donald Trump. Should we go all the way?

The first Democratic debate drew record numbers on both nights.

At look at the before and after polling numbers.

The Vermont Senator has a bizarre alternative to court packing.

WIth the top two candidates in the race on the same stage, the second night of the first Democratic debate was much feistier than the first night.

Is the Sanders-Warren position too extreme for the general election?

Democrats clashed, to some degree, in last night’s inaugural debate of the 2020 season but they clearly agreed far more than they disagreed.

With the first Democratic debate set to begin tonight, it’s a good time to take a look at the state of the race.

Senators Warren and Sanders have both proposed plans to forgive student loan debt and make public colleges tuition-free. That’s easier said than done.

Do Uncle Joe’s steady poll numbers tell us anything meaningful about 2020?

The Democratic Socialist wants to absorb $1.6 trillion of student debt.