A Nasty Woman's Guide to the 2020 Election
This election year is a wild one. There are roughly 3 million candidates vying for the Democratic nomination, the potential impeachment of the president, and more scandals, speeches, and sound bites than we can keep up with. We’ve put together a guide of sorts to help make sense of it all. We’ll be adding and removing links to the most useful resources and articles we can find as they are relevant. We’ll share this page with you as it is updated. Buckle up. It’s going to be a bumpy ride.
November 18, 2019
If you could use some help separating the noise from the news, especially when it comes to the Impeachment hearings, we cannot get enough of Jessica Yellin. The former CNN White House Correspondent does a masterful job on her Instagram platform of telling you exactly what you need to know that cuts through the partisanship.
The 5th Democratic Presidential Debate is Wednesday, November 20th and it will be moderated by an all-female panel: Rachel Maddow, host of MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show; NBC’s chief foreign affairs correspondent Andrea Mitchell; NBC News’ White House correspondent Kristen Welker; and Ashley Parker, a White House reporter for the Washington Post. The Washington Post and TIME both offer a breakdown of candidates and topics to pay attention to if you want to bone up before the debate.
October 11, 2019
The next Democratic debate, slated for Tuesday, October 15th, is gearing up to the biggest in history. Twelve candidates will be stuffed onto the stage, all aiming to leave a significant mark and survive this round. Of the twelve, eight have qualified for November’s debate, so expect the remaining four to go big or go home. The New York Times does a great job breaking down the candidates with this interactive explainer.
If you want to know important dates for the 2020 election, we found a couple of good resources online. Again from the New York Times, we like this calendar of important dates. Not only does it tell you when key elections are happening, but it explains their significance in the process. If you’ve run out of free New York Times articles for the month and you’re too cheap to pay for good journalism, check out this calendar from the LA Times. It has the added bonus of being able to subscribe to it through Google, Outlook or iOS calendars so you can fully immerse yourself in the panic of this election cycle.
Finally, if you want to stay on top of polls and get impeachment news, check out FiveThirtyEight’s Politics page for the most current data on the latest news, scandals, and candidates.
Stay tuned and Stay Nasty!