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Presidential Election Archive

Archives for February 2016

Politics
Hillary Clinton: I’m breathing a “big sigh of relief” after Iowa caucusHillary Clinton: I’m breathing a “big sigh of relief” after Iowa caucus
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Politics

Hillary Clinton hasn’t been declared the winner in the Iowa caucuses, but she gave a triumphant speech late Monday night.

By Jeff Stein
Explainers
The Iowa caucus results, explainedThe Iowa caucus results, explained
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Why the guy who finished in third is being declared a winner.

By Andrew Prokop
Politics
Why Donald Trump’s Iowa caucus speech was shockingly ... classyWhy Donald Trump’s Iowa caucus speech was shockingly ... classy
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Politics

Donald Trump’s campaign is all about how he’s a winner. So what does he do when he’s not winning?

By Timothy B. Lee
Politics
Read: Donald Trump’s full speech after losing the Iowa caucusesRead: Donald Trump’s full speech after losing the Iowa caucuses
Politics

Trump put a positive spin on his second-place Iowa finish, despite saying that anything but first place amounted to a “big, fat, beautiful waste of time.”

By Jeff Stein
Politics
Why the Iowa caucus was a win for Marco Rubio, even though he lost to Ted CruzWhy the Iowa caucus was a win for Marco Rubio, even though he lost to Ted Cruz
Politics

Yes, it seems stupid. But it’s worth taking seriously.

By Dara Lind
Politics
Conservative Twitter is ridiculously happy that Donald Trump lost in IowaConservative Twitter is ridiculously happy that Donald Trump lost in Iowa
Politics

Schadenfreude at its best.

By German Lopez
Politics
Marco Rubio says he’d cut taxes on the poor more than the rich. Nonsense.Marco Rubio says he’d cut taxes on the poor more than the rich. Nonsense.
Politics

The rich’s tax cut is 103 times bigger.

By Dylan Matthews
Politics
Ted Cruz wins Iowa caucus, beating Donald Trump and Marco RubioTed Cruz wins Iowa caucus, beating Donald Trump and Marco Rubio
Politics

Ted Cruz surprised pollsters and shocked the Republican establishment by taking first place in the nation’s first presidential caucus.

By Timothy B. Lee
Politics
Ted Cruz is even less electable than Donald TrumpTed Cruz is even less electable than Donald Trump
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Politics

His new 19 percent federal sales tax would be a political disaster.

By Matthew Yglesias
Why do the Iowa caucuses matter? Because everyone thinks they do.
Explainers

A deep dive into why, exactly, Iowa is so important.

By Andrew Prokop
Politics
This year’s Iowa caucuses: start time, schedule and what to expectThis year’s Iowa caucuses: start time, schedule and what to expect
Politics

Donald Trump has been leading all the latest polls.

By Andrew Prokop
Politics
The weird reason Clinton may need some supporters to vote for O’Malley in IowaThe weird reason Clinton may need some supporters to vote for O’Malley in Iowa
Politics

Sanders spokesperson: “It’s sad and telling that their campaign doesn’t think they can win without these kinds of tactics.”

By Jeff Stein
Politics
How to decode tonight’s Iowa caucus resultsHow to decode tonight’s Iowa caucus results
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Politics

Things are not so straightforward as “the first place person did the best, the second-place person did the second best.”

By Andrew Prokop
Politics
In December, Bernie Sanders’s campaign posted a long, feminist defense of Hillary ClintonIn December, Bernie Sanders’s campaign posted a long, feminist defense of Hillary Clinton
Politics

Come for the Bernie-Sanders-as-Larry-David hilarity, stay for the great takedown of Donald Trump’s sexism.

By Emily Crockett
Politics
We asked 6 political scientists who is more electable: Trump or Cruz?We asked 6 political scientists who is more electable: Trump or Cruz?
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Their answers were all over the map.

By Jeff Stein