There are 8 article(s) tagged Bernie Sanders:

• January 2021

  • Memphis feels the Bern

    A photograph of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has gone viral, and plenty of Memphians have gotten in on the fun. 

    By The Daily Memphian Staff January 22, 2021

• March 2020

  • Conaway: The reality of old white men

    A collection of old white men may sound like a Cabinet meeting in Washington or a Senate vote, but it was just another Tuesday and the regular meeting of my “and I’ll tell you another damn thing” lunch group.

    By Dan Conaway March 20, 2020

  • Super Tuesday follows pattern: Low turnout compared to general election

    Memphians likely got their closest view of the presidential campaigns in the lead-up to Super Tuesday. The state isn't considered a battleground state in the general election.

    By Bill Dries March 04, 2020

  • Nelson: What comes after Super Tuesday? Weird Wednesday

    And in the race for Shelby County General Sessions Court clerk, candidates with experience relevant to the job but names unknown to the voters lost the usual game of local musical-chairs politics. Joe Brown, the Democrat. Paul Boyd, the Republican. These guys again? 

    By Michael Nelson March 04, 2020

• February 2020

  • Sanders supporters band together for Vermont senator

    The last weekend of early voting in Shelby County saw the local Sanders campaign buoyed by caucus results in Nevada and a similar grass roots strategy unfolding in Memphis from rival Democrats in the race for the Democratic nomination.

    By Bill Dries February 24, 2020

• January 2020

  • Nelson: We know who’s going to win the Tennessee primary. But we’re probably wrong.

    You can find FiveThirtyEight.com predictions more than a month in advance of the Tennessee primary and nearly two weeks before votes are cast in the Iowa caucuses. How much faith should we have in these forecasts? Not a whole lot.

    By Michael Nelson January 21, 2020

• December 2019

  • Sanders supporters plan for Tennessee Super Tuesday presidential primary

    The Saturday gathering at the AFSCME union hall Downtown drew a group of 60 supporters. It follows a similar gathering Tuesday for those supporting rival Democratic contender and former Vice President Joe Biden.

    By Bill Dries December 15, 2019

• April 2019

  • Conaway: The 2020 election is already getting old

    If reelected, Trump will be 74 starting his second term and even his combover will be somewhere around 40. The two leading Democrats will turn 80 in their first term if elected, an age closer to terry-cloth robes and sunrooms than mantles of power and situation rooms.

    By Dan Conaway April 25, 2019