Elaine Godfrey
covering Dems and 2020 for @TheAtlantic. Iowan, ISU grad. Send tips or very good dogs to egodfrey at theatlantic dot com. DM me for Signal
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The Debate That Progressives Have Been Waiting For
Michael Bloomberg will likely be an easy target in Las Vegas tonight.
The Kingmaker
Harry Reid may be the only person who can keep the Democrats from killing one another before selecting a nominee. But will he live long enough to do it?
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This @IsaacDovere story is still extremely relevant, especially as we're hurtling toward Nevada
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When You’re Still Undecided on Primary Day
“It’s like when you’re in college, and your paper’s due tomorrow.”
The Voters Joe Biden Thought He’d Win
The former vice president wants working-class Americans in his corner. In Iowa, they wanted someone else.
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In southeast Iowa, where I'm from, there are a lot of counties that flipped from Obama to Trump in 2016. Joe Biden didn't win any of them.
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The Iowa Caucus Could Go Very Wrong
“Caucus chairs are more concerned this cycle than I’ve ever seen them,” one precinct leader said. “They’re very nervous.”
Team Bernie Isn’t Fazed by the Bros
Staffers and supporters aren’t viewing the recent glut of negative coverage as a threat to their campaign.
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Ultimately, it's a numbers game. “Sanders’s online audience is much, much larger than Elizabeth Warren’s or Joe Biden’s," @dfreelon told me. “You get a larger group, there’s going to be more douchebags in it than the smaller group."
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The Iowans Who Think Their State Is Too White to Go First
A pocket of iconoclasts want to eliminate Iowa’s treasured tradition once and for all.
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Iowa's prominence in the process limits who runs for president in the first place, one activist argued. “One of the criteria for signing on to be a Democratic candidate for president in this country is How well am I gonna do in Iowa?”
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Donald Trump’s Jersey Shore Dreams
The president refuses to believe that even a solidly blue northeast state is beyond his electoral grasp in 2020.
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"One hoodie, emblazoned with a stars-and-stripes, all-caps TRUMP, featured a taunting coda that will surely keep cropping up this year: 'Make the Liberals Cry Again.'"
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Progressives Warn of a Great Deflation
The left is more energized than ever. So what happens if Joe Biden is the nominee?
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With just two weeks to go until the Iowa caucuses, progressives are warning that a Biden nomination could crush the activist enthusiasm Dems are counting on to win in November. I talked to grassroots activists & leaders at nine progressive organizations
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Bernie Sanders Has Something New to Talk About
The Iran crisis is giving him a chance to differentiate himself—just in time for the Iowa caucuses.
Was Nancy Pelosi’s Delay Worth It?
The Democratic speaker will send the House’s articles of impeachment to the Senate without much to show for her three-week standoff with Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
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"The delay virtually ensures that while Biden and Pete Buttigieg can camp out in Iowa and New Hampshire, [Sanders, Warren, et al] will likely be sequestered in Washington for the crucial final weeks before the first caucuses and primary in early February."
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The Kumbaya Candidate
Many of Joe Biden’s fans are all in on his vision to bring Democrats and Republicans together—no matter how unrealistic it may be.
Andrew Yang’s Supporters Don’t Mind If He Doesn’t Win
To them, his victory matters less than whether American voters are sold on his ideas.
The Resistance’s Late Arrival to Impeachment
The push to remove President Trump just hasn’t hit the same emotional sweet spot as other protest-worthy events.
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“Nobody thinks impeachment is going to be successful,” @Fisher_DanaR told me. The protests last night were symbolic—just “part of this cog in the political machine churning us toward the election.”
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Last night, Americans demonstrated in more than 500 cities and towns across the country. But why haven't we seen more of this level of protest in the lead up to impeachment?
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The State of The 2020 Democratic Primary
On a daily basis, Morning Consult is surveying over 5,000 registered voters on the 2020 presidential election. Each week, we'll update this page with the latest survey data, offering an in-depth guide to how the race for the Democratic nomination is...
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The vast majority of the (non-pundit) Sanders supporters I've interviewed have told me that Warren would be their second choice in the primary—even if they don't love her. Morning consult data reflects that. morningconsult.com/2020-democrati… pic.twitter.com/YWzCvNhIbJ
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The Candidate Dividing Iowa Progressives
Warren supporters tend to like Pete Buttigieg just fine. Bernie supporters? Not so much.
Introducing a New Look for The Atlantic
A conversation with the magazine’s creative director, Peter Mendelsund, about our bold new design
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Our magazine/site redesign has a very lovely & gentle 18th Century vibe, and I am here for it!
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The Places Where the Recession Never Ended
A conversation with Tara Westover on the urban/rural divide
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"It was generally thought that [Trump's] populism was fueled by economic disparities, but for some reason...that view went out of fashion," @tarawestover told @JeffreyGoldberg. "I don’t know why, because it is quite obviously the case."
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Amy Klobuchar Has a Pete Buttigieg Problem
She wants to be the moderate alternative to Joe Biden, but a certain 37-year-old mayor is standing in the way.
Donald Trump’s Woman Problem Is Only Getting Worse
Women across the country are far more likely than men to consider the president’s actions worthy of impeachment.