When Roy Moore announced on June 20 that he would run again for the Senate in 2020, an array of Republican politicians responded with undisguised scorn. … Why doesn’t the vehement condemnation of so many prominent Republican politicians necessarily kill off Moore’s electoral chances? The answer is that the distribution […] Read more »
18 million watched Harris, Biden face-off in highest-rated Democratic primary debate ever
Thursday night’s Democratic debate featuring Kamala Harris, Joe Biden, and eight other candidates was the highest-rated Democratic match-up in Nielsen ratings history. About 18.1 million viewers tuned in for the debate across three TV channels — NBC, MSNBC and Telemundo — according to Nielsen (NLSN) data. CONT. Brian Stelter, CNN […] Read more »
The First Democratic Debate In Five Charts
Thursday night was the conclusion of the first Democratic primary debate, and, like everybody else, we’re trying to make sense of what we watched. Some candidates had breakout moments while others were pushed to the sidelines. But did these moments really make a difference to viewers? In an attempt to […] Read more »
Six political scientists react to the first Democratic primary debates
A good event for the upper tier of candidates, a bad one for Biden, and a forgettable one for the ones you’ve already forgotten. CONT. Mischiefs of Faction Read more »
‘She owned the stage’ — pollster says Kamala Harris was the winner of both Democratic debate nights
Sen. Kamala Harris outshined all of her 19 rivals in the first Democratic presidential debates, a longtime Republican pollster told CNBC on Friday. “She owned the stage, and Joe Biden should have known it was coming, ” Frank Luntz said in a “Squawk Box” interview the morning after the second […] Read more »
Kamala Harris Won The Debate Narrative. What Comes Next?
Sen. Kamala Harris had a strong performance in Thursday’s Democratic primary debate, pressing former Vice President Joe Biden on his record on race relations, while invoking her own experience with school desegregation. In this installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, the crew reacts to the performances of both Harris and […] Read more »