To beat Biden, his rivals must win in Iowa and New Hampshire

A new Monmouth University Nevada Democratic caucuses poll finds that former Vice President Joe Biden leads with 36%. …

The big question for most of the 2020 Democratic presidential field is how to beat front-runner Biden. One obvious way is to change the entire national trajectory of the race. That could certainly occur.

But assuming the national race remains mostly stable (as it has been for the most part), you’ll have to knock Biden out state by state. And to that idea, Monmouth’s Nevada poll reinforces a key point: to beat Biden, you’ll likely have to defeat him in Iowa and New Hampshire. If you don’t, the primary calendar only gets easier from there for him. CONT.

Harry Enten, CNN