Trust over Sen. Bernie Sanders to handle a crisis added weight to former Vice President Joe Biden’s electability argument in Democratic primaries Tuesday – but a lack of enthusiasm for either candidate was apparent in exit poll results, potentially raising questions for the fall campaign ahead. Sixty percent in Missouri, […] Read more »
Joe Biden Is Poised to Deliver the Biggest Surprise of 2020: A Short, Orderly Primary
The state of our union is unsettled, chaotic, impossible to pin down. The state of the Democratic primary, improbably, is not. With a string of commanding victories on Tuesday — Michigan, Missouri, Mississippi, probably any other “M” state that might have bothered with a primary this week — Joe Biden […] Read more »
March 10 exit polls: Majorities of Democratic primary voters prioritize beating Trump
A majority of Democratic voters casting ballots across four states Tuesday said that choosing a candidate who they believe can defeat President Trump in November’s presidential election is more important than choosing one who agrees with their opinions on major issues, early NBC News exit polls show. CONT. Ben Kamisar, […] Read more »
Exit polls show Democratic primary voters trust Biden more than Sanders in a crisis
As the US faces a growing coronavirus outbreak, preliminary findings from CNN exit polls conducted in Tuesday’s primary states show that Democratic voters trust former Vice President Joe Biden more than Sen. Bernie Sanders to handle a major crisis. … As in other states, early exit poll results from Democratic […] Read more »
Why Tonight’s Primary Results Are So Important for Bernie Sanders
The primary contests today could be the best and even last chance for Bernie Sanders to preserve his hope of winning the Democratic nomination. This might be his best chance for a simple reason: The states are relatively favorable for him, compared with the country over all. It might be […] Read more »
3 Ways The Next 2 Weeks Could Go: Even The Best Case Scenario For Sanders Doesn’t Look So Great
Our primary model is now extremely confident that former Vice President Joe Biden will win a majority of pledged delegates. … If that confidence seems misplaced — and keep in mind, our forecasts are usually more conservative than other statistical algorithms — it may be because Biden’s ascent has been […] Read more »