WASHINGTON/MANCHESTER, NH—Democratic socialist Bernie Sanders and outspoken Republican billionaire Donald Trump coasted to big victories in their respective party presidential primaries in New Hampshire on Tuesday, but the focus of the U.S. presidential campaign quickly moved to upcoming votes in South Carolina and Nevada. Sanders, a Vermont senator, routed former secretary of state Hillary Clinton […]
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on Thursday made the case for his “democratic socialist” economic policies, directly addressing the controversy over a label that some say makes him too liberal to be a legitimate presidential contender. In a much-anticipated speech at Georgetown University in Washington, the Vermont senator defended his proposals to expand government welfare […]
WASHINGTON—A new political survey in the U.S. shows Democratic socialist Bernie Sanders edging ahead of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Iowa, the rural state where voters in February will start to select the party’s 2016 presidential nominee. A Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday indicates Sanders is supported by 41 percent of the state’s […]
WASHINGTON—Democratic Party candidate Bernie Sanders drew another overflow crowd Sunday night in his campaign for the U.S. presidency, as he brings his anti-billionaire message and calls for addressing income inequality in America. Sanders is the rumpled independent senator from Vermont who has so far emerged as the leading opponent of former Secretary of State Hillary […]