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    Tonight’s Biggest Wild Card: Andrew Yang’s Supporters

    No candidate in this 2020 race has had as much unexpected success as Andrew Yang. The New York entrepreneur has endured in a race where so many experienced candidates dropped out, he’s out-raised much of the field with his grassroots army and has brought the universal basic income idea into the mainstream. Tonight, he heads…


  • Politics

    Tonight’s Biggest Wild Card: Andrew Yang’s Supporters

    No candidate in this 2020 race has had as much unexpected success as Andrew Yang. The New York entrepreneur has endured in a race where so many experienced candidates dropped out, he’s out-raised much of the field with his grassroots army and has brought the universal basic income idea into the mainstream. Tonight, he heads…


  • Politics

    Tonight’s Biggest Wild Card: Andrew Yang’s Supporters

    No candidate in this 2020 race has had as much unexpected success as Andrew Yang. The New York entrepreneur has endured in a race where so many experienced candidates dropped out, he’s out-raised much of the field with his grassroots army and has brought the universal basic income idea into the mainstream. Tonight, he heads…


  • Politics

    Bernie Sanders Sweeps First Iowa Satellite Caucus

    Sen. Bernie Sanders dominated the first satellite caucus held in Iowa today, giving him an early victory in the first publicly-known result of the entire Democratic primary process. Sanders got the support of 14 caucus-goers out of the 15 that attended a satellite caucus Monday morning in Ottumwa, in Southeast Iowa. Only one Iowan at the…


  • Politics

    Bernie Sanders Sweeps First Iowa Satellite Caucus

    Sen. Bernie Sanders dominated the first satellite caucus held in Iowa today, giving him an early victory in the first publicly-known result of the entire Democratic primary process. Sanders got the support of 14 caucus-goers out of the 15 that attended a satellite caucus Monday morning in Ottumwa, in Southeast Iowa. Only one Iowan at the…


  • Politics

    It’s Here: Early Scenes In Iowa From Caucus Day

    The day has finally come, Iowa. After more than a year of campaigning here, Democratic presidential candidates and the public likely will know tonight who wins the Iowa caucuses. But before we take you to the precincts this evening, the Starting Line team compiled a snapshot of goings-on in and around Des Moines as volunteers…


  • Politics

    Who Needs Polls? 4 Candidiates, 1 City – What We Learned

    With the last-minute spiking of the planned Des Moines Register poll on Saturday evening, the Iowa Caucus got what it clearly needed so much more of: drama. Unfortunately for the political world, it also left us in the same position we were yesterday, with no one having a certain sense of who’s going to win.…


  • Politics

    Who Needs Polls? 4 Candidiates, 1 City – What We Learned

    With the last-minute spiking of the planned Des Moines Register poll on Saturday evening, the Iowa Caucus got what it clearly needed so much more of: drama. Unfortunately for the political world, it also left us in the same position we were yesterday, with no one having a certain sense of who’s going to win.…


  • Politics

    Who Needs Polls? 4 Candidiates, 1 City – What We Learned

    With the last-minute spiking of the planned Des Moines Register poll on Saturday evening, the Iowa Caucus got what it clearly needed so much more of: drama. Unfortunately for the political world, it also left us in the same position we were yesterday, with no one having a certain sense of who’s going to win.…


  • Politics

    For Joe Biden Supporters, Character And Electability Shine Through

    Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential campaign has long been about “restoring the soul of the nation.” The phrase is prominently displayed at his campaign events during the final stage of the Iowa caucuses as the “Soul of the Nation” bus tour takes him to 20 cities and 17 counties. Now, with caucuses the day after tomorrow,…