Democrats

The political system is structured for two parties. It’s almost impossible for a third party to break through as an alternative to the GOP.

The symbolism of Harris on the national ticket can’t be underplayed. However, the practical effect of her nomination is an open question.

After finishing in the single digits in South Carolina, Buttigieg is running low on cash and faces Super Tuesday elections where the odds are against him.

Barring a drastic change of events happening, Sanders is going to be the Democratic nominee for President. How the chips will fall from here onto November, is still unwritten.

The first openly bisexual senator has an independent streak that has infuriated Democrats and made her a favorite of Republicans.

With its error-prone process in a disproportionately white state, Iowa doesn’t deserve to be the state to have the first say in who the Democrats should nominate.

For all their flaws, the Iowa caucuses will start to add some clarity to a race that has been amazingly fluid. Or maybe not.

Virginia just passed a slate of LGBTQ bill, while Jerry Falwell Jr. wants conservative counties to secede and join West Virginia because the state is getting too progressive.

If the Democrats win the Senate, we could actually see LGBTQ-friendly legislation pass into law.

The field is beginning to shake out, and Pete Buttigieg may be in a precarious spot.