With Super Tuesday only two days away, Bernie Sanders leads in both California and Texas, the two states that will award the most delegates when 14 states go to the polls on Tuesday. In California, Sanders holds a 12-point lead over his closest rival, Joe Biden. Polling in these two […] Read more »
NBC News polls: Sanders has the edge in Texas, is tied with Biden in North Carolina
Bernie Sanders holds a double-digit lead over his closest Democratic rival in Texas, while he’s essentially tied with Joe Biden in North Carolina, according to a pair of NBC News/Marist polls of these two key Super Tuesday states taken before Biden’s convincing victory in South Carolina. CONT. Mark Murray, NBC […] Read more »
Black voters, older voters and moderates fuel Joe Biden’s victory in South Carolina, exit polls show
Joe Biden surged to victory in South Carolina’s Democratic presidential primary with a base rooted in black voters, those over the age of 65 and moderates. The former vice president won around 3 in 5 black voters, dominating over his closest competitor, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, according to results from […] Read more »
Biden wins big in South Carolina
The crew reacts to Biden’s big win in South Carolina and discusses what comes next in what looks to be a two person race. FiveThirtyEight Read more »
AP VoteCast: Black voters carry Biden to his first victory
Vice President Joe Biden has for weeks looked to the black voters of South Carolina to hand a win to his flagging campaign. On Saturday, they delivered. Biden won about 60% of the votes cast by non-white voters, dominating a crowded Democratic field among a group that made up more […] Read more »
We are about to enter the most important three days of the Democratic primary
Former vice president Joe Biden, once the clear leader in the Democratic Party’s nominating contest, finally has a primary victory worthy of that descriptor. Perhaps unexpectedly, it came in the cycle’s fourth contest. Expectedly, though, it came in the first state to vote where most of the voters are black. […] Read more »