Sanders and Biden Election 2020 Meltdown
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We ran the numbers: There are 1659 news articles covering this topic. 49% (819) are left leaning, 33% (551) center, 17% (289) right leaning.
With primary voting starting next week, there are increasing concerns with the upcoming election. Left-leaning articles focus on the Democrats’ concern with Senator Bernie Sanders gaining momentum, centrist articles report on the possibility of an “election meltdown,” and right-leaning articles highlight Bernie Sanders’ position to score a win in Utah.
A left-leaning article by The Washington Post reports that top Democrats are increasingly alarmed that Senator Bernie Sanders could gain unstoppable momentum from primary voting, which starts next week, and that any anti-Sanders effort would backfire. While centrist Democratic groups such as Third Way warn that Sanders has a “politically toxic background,” Sanders’ supporters argue that a Sanders candidacy would not only energize Democrats but also draw new voters to the party.
NPR published a centrist-leaning article reporting that in a new book titled Election Meltdown: Dirty Tricks, Distrust and the Threat to American Democracy, law professor and Election Law Blog founder Richard Hasen warns that the 2020 presidential election could be compromised by issues such as voter suppression, inept election officials, and foreign and domestic manipulation. Hasen states that the media will play an important role in educating people about vote counting, and that there needs to be a great amount of cybersecurity work to ensure that there are no disruptive hacks to voting technology infrastructure.
A right-leaning article by The Washington Examiner reports that Bernie Sanders is positioned to score a big win in one of the nation’s deepest red states with a double-digit advantage in socially conservative Utah, The article notes that Sanders won Utah’s 2016 Democratic caucuses, but that no Democrat has won Utah in a general election since President Lyndon B. Johnson.
From the left
Sanders surge worries some Democrats but they fear a push to stop him would backfire
Washington Post
From the right
Sanders set to crush 2020 Democratic rivals in primary in deeply conservative state
Washington Examiner