Democratic Candidates Embrace The Risk Of Radical Ideas
Increasing the size of the Supreme Court and scrapping the Electoral College are two of the latest provocative proposals sweeping the 2020 Democratic field.
by Scott Detrow
Mar 20, 2019
3 minutes
Democratic presidential hopefuls are betting on bold.
The majority of the Democrats running for president want to create a national health insurance program. Several want to do away with private health insurance entirely. Candidates are engaging on questions about reparations for slavery, and most of the White House hopefuls have endorsed the goal of a carbon-neutral economy within the next decade.
Increase the size of the U.S. Supreme Court? Several candidates are now on board.
Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren underscored the trend toward outside-the-box thinking this week during a CNN town hall, when she endorsed eliminating the Electoral
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