Posts tagged elections
The Six Women Who Could Be Vice President

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Stacey Abrams, Kamala Harris, Gretchen Whitmer, Amy Klobuchar, Elizabeth Warren, and Catherine Cortez Masto are the six women most often mentioned as Biden's possible choice for running mate. We analyze each person's strengths and weaknesses in terms of what Biden and the Democrats most need in order to win in November.

REFERENCES:

New York Times Op Ed  // Steve Phillips - It’s Obvious Whom Joe Biden Should Pick as Vice President

Donors of Color - Website

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And the Winner Is...

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Post-Super Tuesday: What happened, why, and what’s next? After a dizzying week in national politics, we try to make sense of it all by discussing why Biden bounced back, what it means for Bernie, and what the data says about how it’ll all end up.

References:

Democracy in Color - How to Help
Warnock for GA Senate 2020 - Website
Rolling Stones // Tessa Stuart - Stacey Abrams Is Building a New Kind of Political Machine in the Deep South
New York Times // Steve Phillips - Bernie Sanders Can Beat Trump. Here’s the Math.
C-SPAN - Joe Biden Remarks in Los Angeles

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How to Flip the Senate in 2020

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With the impeachment trial underway in the U.S. Senate and the Republicans doing everything in their power to cover up Trump’s corruption, we unveil an innovative new formula for ranking winnability of 2020 Senate elections and look at what it will take for Democrats to flip control of what’s supposed to be “the world's greatest deliberative body.,” [09:16], Plus, we sit down with one of the year’s most inspiring Senate candidates in the country, Texas’s Cristina Tzintzun Ramirez as she explains why Trump’s team is “deeply afraid of people like me.” [21:23].

References:

The Nation Magazine: 12 States Where Democrats Could Flip the Senate

Communities for New California

Texas Organizing Project

Cristina Ttzintzun Ramirez For Texas

TV Shows: The Bridge (Danish: Broen; Swedish: Bron); The Terror; Motherstruck

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