New York State Cancels Presidential Primary over Coronavirus
Suffolk Times
We ran the numbers: There are 1355 news articles covering this topic. 25% (342) are left leaning, 44% (599) center, 31% (414) right leaning.
On Monday, New York state canceled its presidential primary over concerns that voting was an unnecessary risk amid the COVID-19 pandemic. While left-leaning articles highlight that former candidate Bernie Sanders’ campaign was outraged by this decision, right-leaning articles highlight that the chair of the Democratic Party said the decision makes sense.
A left-leaning article by The Washington Post highlights that Sanders’ campaign was infuriated as they asked the New York’s commissioners not to cancel the primary, noting that it helped select delegates who help determine the party’s platform and rules. Although Sanders has endorsed Biden, the two candidates are in negotiations over how to distribute convention delegates.
Reuters published a centrist article reporting that with former Vice President Joe Biden as the Democratic Party’s presumptive nominee, Douglas Kellner, one of two of the party’s commissioners on the New York State Board of Elections, said it would be “unnecessary and frivolous to hold an effectively uncompetitive election.” Meanwhile, a Sanders’ campaign official said the decision was “an outrage, a low to American democracy.”
A right-leaning article by New York Post reports that Democratic Party chair Jay Jacobs said that it makes sense to cancel the primary, as no “non-essential primaries” should be conducted. Governor Andrew Cuomo declined to weigh in on the call.