Strength In Numbers

Strength In Numbers

Elizabeth Warren is gaining steam

A focus on ambitious policy and "economic populism"—er, "patriotism"—could pay dividends

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G. Elliott Morris
Jun 11, 2019
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The takeaway: Elizabeth Warren is gaining steam. In the latest numbers out of Iowa, she is tied for second vs Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg and, for the first time, knocked her deficit versus Joe Biden into the single digits. Warren has posted impressive gains over her March numbers out of the Hawkeye State. Nationally, the picture is similar. Warren is now equaling her January numbers for her best performance of the 2020 campaign so far. It is early days, yes, but could this be the early signs that her long game—focusing on policy proposals, especially on class-based politics—is paying off?

Elizabeth Warren is tied for second in Iowa, improving a fair amount over her March numbers. Se here (from MSNBC):

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