Can Sanders or Warren defeat Trump?
The electability question is coloring the high-stakes competition between the dueling New England senators - Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren - who are allies on policy, but stand in each other’s way in the broader fight to unify their party’s energized liberal base. And as they struggle for answers, voters must confront a sense of deep uncertainty that has settled over the party’s far-left flank.
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Democratic presidential candidate South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg speaks at a campaign event, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019, in Ottumwa, Iowa.
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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., speaks at a rally Monday, Aug. 12, 2019, in Davenport, Iowa.
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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., arrives for a campaign event, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019, in Franconia, N.H.
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People listen to Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., as she speaks at a campaign event, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019, in Franconia, N.H.
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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., at a campaign event, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019, in Franconia, N.H.
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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks to media at a campaign event, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019, in Franconia, N.H.
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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks at a campaign event, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019, in Franconia, N.H.
Elise Amendola Associated Press
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Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., participate in the first of two Democratic presidential primary debates hosted by CNN in this July 30, 2019 photo. The two, along with former Vice President Joe Biden, are the frontrunners in a crowded Democratic field that local party officials said they’re still considering before making full-throated endorsements.
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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks at the Iowa State Fair, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2019, in Des Moines, Iowa.
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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., center, tours the Iowa State Fair, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2019, in Des Moines, Iowa.
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