The Democratic presidential race passed a point of no return Tuesday, with former vice president Joe Biden firmly in control of his party’s nomination over Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). But politics more broadly entered into the unknown as the spreading coronavirus continued to radically disrupt the political life of the […] Read more »
Biden is nipping at Trump’s heels in Florida, where Cubans and Puerto Ricans view the president very differently
Joe Biden has a crushing lead over Bernie Sanders among Florida’s registered voters, within days of the March 17 Democratic primary in the state, according to a new Univision News poll. If he becomes the nominee, the former vice president will be in a tight race with Donald Trump, as […] Read more »
Sanders should drop out of the Democratic primary for the sake of public health
The Democratic Party, like every major institution in America, is scrambling to respond to the unprecedented threat the covid-19 pandemic poses to rituals and routines. … In the midst of this chaos, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) would do public health and the party he has twice aspired to lead a […] Read more »
Democrats named Biden, Sanders and Warren as their top picks 18 months ago. What did the primaries change?
Former vice president Joe Biden is now the presumptive Democratic nominee for president — after a primary involving months of campaigning, 28 Democratic candidates and over $1 billion in ads. Did any of that affect the result? Not much, our research suggests — but they weren’t meaningless. We’ll explain below. […] Read more »
Seven Thoughts on Voting in the Age of Covid-19
The following is a series of thoughts about the response of the election community in light of the unfolding health emergency. These thoughts are current as of the moment they are written—Monday morning, March 16, 2020—and will no doubt change as the situation evolves. 1. The election must go on. […] Read more »
NBC News/Marist polls: Biden holds big leads over Sanders in Arizona and Ohio
Former Vice President Joe Biden enjoys significant double-digit leads over Bernie Sanders in Arizona and Ohio, according to a pair of NBC News/Marist polls taken of those two states ahead of their Democratic presidential primaries Tuesday. CONT. Mark Murray, NBC News Read more »