The Economist.
Tuesday is primary day in the Empire State.
In New York City itself,
Democratic candidates who are seen as either not far enough to the left
or too close to the establishment are struggling against insurgent challengers.
What will the results there tell us about the direction of the Democratic Party?
I'm John Prideaux, and this is Checks and Balance from The Economist.
Each week we take one big theme shaping American politics and explore it in depth.
Today, the battle for Blue America.
Anger at Donald Trump and Israel, frustration with the status quo,
impatience for generational change:
these sentiments have been boiling over in Democratic primaries across the country.
It looks like the left has the momentum.
Do centrist Democrats still have a path to victory?
With me this week to talk about Democratic primaries
and in particular the Democratic primaries here in New York
are Charlotte Howard and James Bennet, who's not in New York,
who's in DC this week. James, what's going on?
What's going on in DC, John?
Well, I spent yesterday wandering around the monuments here,