For 2020 Democrats, the ‘Trump effect’ looms large
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President Trump’s unparalleled ability to command the spotlight is starving Democratic candidates of media attention on the eve of the Iowa caucuses, and causing a kind of “existential crisis” for Democratic voters.
Since the day Donald Trump announced his first presidential campaign in June 2015, he has transfixed the nation – supporters and critics alike. In that nomination race, the other candidates in the historically large Republican field struggled for media attention, the lifeblood of a campaign.
In the 2020 race, it can be argued, the even larger...