Jonathan Bernstein, Columnist

Five Things to Learn From Tuesday’s Primaries

Republican voters really, truly, aren’t Trump zombies, but the GOP does reflect the former president’s brand of anti-democratic radicalism.

May 25, 2022 at 11:30 AM UTC

By Jonathan Bernstein

Jonathan Bernstein is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering politics. A former professor of political science at the University of Texas at San Antonio, he wrote A Plain Blog About Politics.

Standing up to Trump didn’t doom Brad Raffensperger.
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Tuesday was the fourth and final big primary day of May, with most of the action in the South. Next week is quiet, and then seven states hold primaries on June 7. Highlights, bullet-point style: