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Dylan Matthews

Dylan Matthews

Former Senior Correspondent and Lead Writer

    Latest articles by Dylan Matthews

    Politics
    Bernie Sanders wins the North Dakota caucusesBernie Sanders wins the North Dakota caucuses
    Politics

    Sanders also won the state in 2016.

    By Dylan Matthews
    2 winners and 3 losers from Tuesday’s Democratic primaries
    Politics

    Joe Biden won big in Michigan and elsewhere. Bernie Sanders’s black outreach campaign had a rough night.

    By Dylan Scott, Dylan Matthews and 2 more
    Live results for the North Dakota Democratic caucuses
    Politics

    2020 features the state’s first “firehouse” caucus, held in 14 locations across North Dakota.

    By Dylan Matthews
    Why we should be careful comparing the Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak to the 1918 Spanish flu
    Future Perfect

    The Spanish flu killed tens of millions of people. Here’s what it can and can’t tell us about Covid-19.

    By Dylan Matthews
    The best argument for each of the 2020 Democratic frontrunners
    Politics

    Vox writers on the best case for each of the Democratic frontrunners.

    By Dylan Matthews, Emily Stewart and 4 more
    Future Perfect
    The animal rights protesters disrupting Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders rallies, explainedThe animal rights protesters disrupting Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders rallies, explained
    Future Perfect

    Animal rights activists interrupted Biden’s Super Tuesday speech in Los Angeles. Here’s what they want.

    By Kelsey Piper and Dylan Matthews
    Politics
    Joe Biden wins Massachusetts, beating Elizabeth Warren on her home turfJoe Biden wins Massachusetts, beating Elizabeth Warren on her home turf
    Politics

    Biden’s win means he’ll gain plenty of delegates from one of the biggest Super Tuesday contests.

    By Dylan Matthews
    Pete Buttigieg is more electable than Bernie Sanders — and more progressive than you think
    Politics

    Buttigieg dropped out of the race for the Democratic nomination on March 1. Here’s the case for his candidacy from a Vox series published earlier in 2020.

    By Dylan Matthews
    Politics
    If anti-Sanders Democrats were serious, they’d unite around Biden right nowIf anti-Sanders Democrats were serious, they’d unite around Biden right now
    Politics

    How are Bernie Sanders’s elite Democratic opponents this incompetent?

    By Dylan Matthews
    4 winners and 2 losers from the Democratic debate in South Carolina
    Politics

    It was the most chaotic, confusing debate to date.

    By Dylan Matthews, German Lopez and 1 more