In the Trump era, the suburbs have been Democrats’ surprising superpower. A revolt by college-educated voters, largely women, in suburbs from Virginia Beach to Oklahoma City, from Houston to Southern California, delivered the House majority to Democrats in 2018. Driven by anxiety over guns, health care and the environment, and […] Read more »
Don’t buy into Joe Biden’s momentum
Former vice president Joe Biden’s stunningly large victory in South Carolina on Saturday will give his campaign much-needed energy going into Super Tuesday. That doesn’t mean he has supplanted Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) as the front-runner. Biden’s win was more a feature of demographics than a serious comeback. South Carolina […] Read more »
California, here they come: Sanders dominates new USA TODAY/Suffolk poll of Super Tuesday’s prize
Bernie Sanders holds a commanding double-digit lead on the cusp of California’s Democratic primary, a new Suffolk University/USA TODAY statewide poll finds, giving the Vermont senator the prospect of capturing the lion’s share of the largest trove of convention delegations in the country on Super Tuesday. CONT. Susan Page, USA […] Read more »
Why South Carolina matters for Super Tuesday
… Biden comes out of South Carolina with a head of steam. He scored nearly 50% of the vote and won by nearly 30 points. CNN’s polling demonstrates that if Biden’s going to stay competitive with Sanders beyond South Carolina, he’s going to need a big and fast bounce out […] Read more »
Data show how to win Super Tuesday without winning a state
Super Tuesday is about more than just winning delegates, the complex mix of 14 states in play this week offers a look at how different important voting blocs feel about the Democratic field as the primary calendar picks up momentum. With that in mind, using demographics and economics as a […] Read more »
What Biden’s Big South Carolina Win Might Mean For Sanders
Saturday was Joe Biden’s first-ever win in a presidential primary or caucus. It was an awfully big one: Biden won South Carolina by nearly 30 percentage points over Bernie Sanders. And it made for one heck of a comeback: Biden’s lead over Sanders had fallen to as little as 2 […] Read more »