Upshot: How Do Primary Voters Pick a Candidate?

2019年8月5日星期一

Upshot: How Do Primary Voters Pick a Candidate?

Also: Sickle cell disease gets little attention or funding

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People watching (or not) a Democratic primary debate on Wednesday at Shaw's Tavern in Washington.

Policy Fissures in the Debates Aren't What Divide Voters

By NATE COHN

In polls, demographics seem to do a better job than ideology of predicting vote choice.

The New Health Care

Some researchers at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md., have been using gene therapy to try to treat sickle cell anemia.

Sickle Cell Disease Still Tends to Be Overlooked

By AARON E. CARROLL

There is a question about what role race and wealth play in how much attention and funding the disease receives.

A flag on a United States Consulate car this week near the Lujiazui district of Shanghai. Recent trade talks there did not bear fruit as President Trump announced a new round of tariffs against China.

The Increasingly Bizarre Interplay Between Trump's Trade Policy and the Fed

By NEIL IRWIN

Bullying the Federal Reserve and using its presumed reaction as a source of advantage in international negotiations.

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The Heartland Is Moving in Different Directions

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