US elections 2020
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House speaker says party will ‘wholeheartedly’ support whoever earns the nomination: ‘We know how to win. We are all unified’
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The senator has an A-list pitchman but still faces an uphill task with South Carolina’s majority black Democratic voters
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In focus
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Black Americans’ relocation back to the south is changing voting blocs and making Democratic races more competitive
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The billionaire former New York mayor had surged in the polls on the back of lavish spending on ads – then came his moment onstage in Las Vegas
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Saturday’s ‘first-in-the-west’ vote brings a diverse electorate more in line with the demographics of America and the party
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Part one of a Guardian investigation reveals the strategy and strange decisions driving the campaign’s unprecedented ad blitz
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The Vermont senator was alone in saying he would back whoever won a plurality of delegates – with others open to superdelegates tipping the balance for another candidate at the convention
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‘My name is Amy, but when I was in fourth-grade Spanish they gave me the name Elena,’ Klobuchar said at an event in Nevada
What's left, America?
Gary Younge travels through the political landscape of the left, examining it's nature, under Trump
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Marginalized groups in America are asserting themselves and, in doing so, making others sensitized to their condition
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Voters’ feelings on socialism have shifted with half of those under 40 saying they would prefer to live in a socialist country
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Hillary Clinton’s defeat appears to have radicalised women in a way that her campaign did not – it wasn’t that she lost to a man, but that she lost to Donald Trump
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Explainers
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Almost two dozen Democratic candidates are vying for the party’s nomination to take on Trump in the 2020 race. Here’s where they stand on the key issues
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Almost two dozen Democratic candidates - and a few Republicans - are vying to be the one to take on Donald Trump in the 2020 race for the White House
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From the debates, to the conventions, to the electoral college, here’s everything you need to know
On the road
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Saturday’s caucuses were the first real test of Latino support in the Democratic primary – and the result was promising for Sanders
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Despite skepticism from some quarters, centrist voters focused on beating Trump could be the ex-mayor’s key to success
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Some Democratic observers fear their party is following the British left’s road to defeat
Profiles
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He’s defended stop-and-frisk and made offensive remarks about minorities. What else has the 2020 contender said?
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Brad Parscale was the outsider who fashioned Trump’s digital campaign in 2016. Now his workaholic campaign manager, is he a ‘creative thinker’ or an ‘over-promoted troll’
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In 2016, the Maryland governor ran for president. Now he’s taking the battle to Trump – and hoping his party won’t veer too far left
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The MSNBC host’s show has become a safety blanket for many US progressives. She discusses her demonisation by the right, tackling the president’s lies – and coming out at 17
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Former mayor faces battle to win over black voters – and those who would not want a gay president
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He was a Republican ad man but now he’s a bestselling author out to bring down a president. He says Democrats must listen
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After Bernie Sanders' landslide Nevada win, it's time for Democrats to unite behind him