
Why Is Bernie Sanders Overtaking Hillary?
As the new year begins, new polling shows a reversal in the Democratic primary. What, if anything, stopped the frontrunner’s momentum?
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As the new year begins, new polling shows a reversal in the Democratic primary. What, if anything, stopped the frontrunner’s momentum?

The Vermont senator now argues that he’s more electable against a Republican than his leading rival.

The Republican frontrunner asks security to take coats from protestors, and then turn them out into the freezing cold.

A new report examines whether there’s a better way for pollsters to figure out which respondents will actually cast votes.

The candidates have very different ideas about how crucial government programs should be funded—and who is responsible for society’s well-being.

Despite his appeal to GOP-primary voters, the real-estate mogul may have more trouble winning over voters in the general election.

In a New York Times op-ed and a CNN town hall on guns in America, the president took his hardest line yet.

Questions about eligibility are, at heart, questions about difference—whether those questions are about Barack Obama or Ted Cruz.

The Florida senator’s fiery rhetoric is an acknowledgement that today’s GOP is Donald Trump’s party.