Tag: United States

  • Do Virginia and New Jersey tell us anything about the mid-terms?

    Do Virginia and New Jersey tell us anything about the mid-terms?

    Democrats had a staggeringly positive set of elections on Tuesday 4th November. Zohran Mamdani dominated headlines, defeating former governor Andrew Cuomo to become the New York’s first Muslim mayor and one of the most senior democratic socialists in America. But Dems also dominated elsewhere—in governors’ races in New Jersey and Virginia (as well as those…

  • Which states should have the first four primaries? The case for picking the weirdest ones

    This week, Democratic National Convention chair Tom Perez declared his support for changing the order of presidential primaries and caucuses so that Iowa and New Hampshire are toppled from their respective ‘first in the nation’ positions. Perez argues that more diverse states should be prioritised in selecting the Democrats’ future presidential candidates, presumably driven partly…