It may seem like November is a long way off, but election season is already in full swing. On Super Tuesday, primary results came in for 16 states including California, North Carolina, Texas, Virginia. Some of the biggest news of the week didn’t even come in the form of results—but drop-outs.

In Arizona, the infamous formerly Democratic Senator Krysten Sinema, known for being what Chris Lehmann calls a “difference-trimming moderate,” announced that she would not seek another term. Meanwhile, Nikki Haley, who had proffered herself as a younger, alternate option to Donald Trump, officially ended her campaign after admitting defeat in every state except Vermont, Joan Walsh reports. Things are beginning to feel eerily similar to 2020…

Josh Cohen, also known as the popular Twitter pundit and blogger Ettingermentum, however, thinks Trump might actually take the cake. Cohen writes that Trump is already winning the election—not only because of the attacks on Biden’s age, but also because Trump’s been staying far away from Twitter and the debate stage this time around. “Voters appear to see the possibility of his return as a series of trade-offs,” and that’s pretty scary.

Even those who would normally cast their vote for Biden are hesitant right now, writes John Nichols. “One out of every seven Michigan Democrats who cast ballots in that state’s February 27 presidential primary skipped over his name and voted ‘uncommitted’” Nichols tells us. Why? The devastating war on Gaza, which the Biden administration continues to fail us on.

If things keep going in this direction, November is not looking good for the Democrats. The strategists need to figure this one out—and they don’t have much time.

Alana Pockros,

Engagement Editor, The Nation