In all the chaos out of Iowa last week, there was one bit of solid news. The results suggested two lanes emerging in the field following two different paths. There was a moderate lane with results showing voters consolidating behind one candidate, Pete Buttigieg, and a progressive lane that showed […] Read more »
Democrats look to New Hampshire after chaotic Iowa caucuses
Democratic presidential hopefuls took to the stage for another debate Friday as they looked for an edge in the lead-up to the New Hampshire primaries following last week’s chaotic Iowa caucuses. Patrick Murray, director of the Monmouth University Polling Institute, joins Hari Sreenivasan for more on the presidential race and […] Read more »
On Trump’s To-Do List: Take Back The Suburbs. Court Black Voters. Expand the Electoral Map. Win.
Buoyed by his impeachment acquittal and the muddled Democratic primary race, President Trump and his campaign are turning to address his re-election bid’s greatest weaknesses with an aggressive, well-funded but uncertain effort to win back suburban voters turned off by his policies and behavior. … The challenge facing Mr. Trump’s […] Read more »
It was a bad week for unwritten rules. What does this mean?
The decline of norms has become a common criticism of Trump era politics. The violation of unwritten rules ties together some of the developments in what was an eventful week in American politics. The Iowa caucuses failed to produce a clear result. The president gave a Medal of Freedom to […] Read more »
Why Buttigieg needs an Iowa-sized bounce in New Hampshire
The big question coming out of Iowa and New Hampshire this year is whether former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg will benefit from a bounce that catapults him nationally. Iowa and New Hampshire aren’t important because of the delegates lost or won. Very few delegates are at stake. They […] Read more »
CNN poll: Sanders leads as Buttigieg grabs momentum in New Hampshire
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders heads into the New Hampshire primary still holding a lead over his top rivals for the Democratic nomination, but with Pete Buttigieg swiftly gaining support behind him, according to a new CNN poll conducted by the University of New Hampshire Survey Center. All told, the near-even […] Read more »