Marcus Johnson
By Marcus Johnson
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Opinion What Trump’s inroads with Latino voters means for the Democrats
Election night was an absolute roller coaster, and we’re still not off of the ride yet. But one thing we know for certain: The polls got it wrong — again. Despite national polling averages showing a Biden lead of about eight points before the election began, it looks like Biden will end up winning the…
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Opinion Young Black Voters are alienated from the Democratic Party. Can Biden fix it in time?
The Republican National Convention has in its first two days been a repudiation of the things Black voters care about: police reform, Black Lives Matter protests, and expanding housing access. Speakers touted keeping low income housing out of the suburbs, they defended the police, and they praised President Trump as the “bodyguard of western civilization.”…
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Opinion Nationalism got us here
The rapid spread of COVID-19 around the world has led to the largest public health crisis in a generation. Global cases are nearing the 400,000 mark. The virus has brought the global economy to its knees, with economists increasingly in fear of a lasting depression. President Trump has consistently been a source of misinformation during…
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Opinion The media erased black voters. The left has to learn how to see them.
Tuesday night, former Vice President Joe Biden followed up a strong Super Tuesday with another dominant electoral performance. Biden won by wide margins in Missouri and Mississippi, and then beat Bernie Sanders in Michigan, the state where the Vermont Senator was effectively holding his last stand. Even though Sanders announced this afternoon that he will…
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Opinion What Sanders’ shellacking in South Carolina means for the race
On Saturday night in South Carolina, former Vice President Joe Biden scored a resounding win against the rest of the Democratic Primary contenders. The candidate ended the night with 48.4% of the vote and, it wasn’t even close; Biden’s closest competition came from Bernie Sanders, who finished nearly 30 points behind him. Black voters have…
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Opinion Why black voters are turning to Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg has become a top presidential candidate in the Democratic primary seemingly overnight. He’s spent over $300 million on ads across the country, and he’s been able to pay his campaign staff more than double the going rate of competing campaigns. But while money certainly doesn’t hurt, it doesn’t tell the entire story of…
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Opinion Bernie Sanders’ shocking hypocrisy
In January of 2019, when Kamala Harris officially announced the launch of her Presidential campaign, she was immediately met with a scathing meme: “Kamala is a cop”. Her attackers’ point was that Harris’s previous work as a prosecutor in California, in San Francisco and as State Attorney General, was disqualifying. Harris had many attackers, but…
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Opinion Why The Left Has Failed With Black Voters
On Tuesday, California Senator Kamala Harris suspended her campaign for president. With Harris out of the race, all six of the candidates who have qualified for this month’s debate are white. It’s just the latest example of how in moving to the left, the Democratic Party has failed — and failed to attract — black…
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