The Democratic presidential primary is starting to feel less like a political contest and more like an existential experiment. In the era of big data and after a year of micro-analyzing every little twist and turn, we seem to know less than we did at the beginning. In an era […] Read more »
Bloomberg’s strategy of skipping early states is ‘confusing’ the process
538’s Nate Silver discusses whether he thinks a contested convention is likely in the Democratic primaries. This Week, ABC News Read more »
The Democratic nomination contest doesn’t look like any from the past
Halfway through the early state primaries and caucuses, Democrats are no closer to clarifying their nominating contest than they were at the turn of the new year. In the coming two contests — Nevada’s caucuses next Saturday and South Carolina’s primary on Feb. 29 — the “winners” from Iowa and […] Read more »
Sanders holds lead heading into Nevada’s Democratic caucuses, poll finds
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders leads the presidential field by a solid margin among likely Democratic caucusgoers heading into Nevada’s four-day early voting period, but all six of the candidates actively campaigning in the state this week earned double-digit support according to The Nevada Poll™. The telephone poll, conducted by WPA […] Read more »
Should We Be Freaking Out Yet About a Contested Convention?
As we move to Nevada, the third contest on the Democrats’ primary calendar, the picture of who the Democrats will nominate for president is as clear as mud. Here’s what we do know: Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg lead the delegate count (22 for Buttigieg to 21 for Sanders), the […] Read more »
Movin’ On
The Poll Hub team is movin’ on from New Hampshire but not before we assess the performance of the polls and the outcome of the Democratic presidential primary. What does it all mean as the candidates head West and South? We have our take. And, twenty-seven Marist College students joined […] Read more »