The campaign for the Democratic nomination has moved at warp speed over the past 10 days, and on Tuesday night it reached a decisive turning point. Barring something unforeseen, Democrats now know that former vice president Joe Biden will be the party’s nominee to challenge President Trump in November. … […] Read more »
March 10 Primary Review: From “Contested Convention!” to “Over Already?!?”
It wasn’t all that long ago that the prospect of a contested Democratic convention was every savvy Washingtonian’s favorite topic of conversation. … Of course, that all seems rather quaint now. Joe Biden’s remarkable resurgence, beginning with his modest second-place finish in the Nevada caucus and picking up rocket fuel […] Read more »
Trust in a crisis bolsters Biden’s electability argument
Trust over Sen. Bernie Sanders to handle a crisis added weight to former Vice President Joe Biden’s electability argument in Democratic primaries Tuesday – but a lack of enthusiasm for either candidate was apparent in exit poll results, potentially raising questions for the fall campaign ahead. Sixty percent in Missouri, […] Read more »
Joe Biden Is Poised to Deliver the Biggest Surprise of 2020: A Short, Orderly Primary
The state of our union is unsettled, chaotic, impossible to pin down. The state of the Democratic primary, improbably, is not. With a string of commanding victories on Tuesday — Michigan, Missouri, Mississippi, probably any other “M” state that might have bothered with a primary this week — Joe Biden […] Read more »
March 10 exit polls: Majorities of Democratic primary voters prioritize beating Trump
A majority of Democratic voters casting ballots across four states Tuesday said that choosing a candidate who they believe can defeat President Trump in November’s presidential election is more important than choosing one who agrees with their opinions on major issues, early NBC News exit polls show. CONT. Ben Kamisar, […] Read more »
Exit polls show Democratic primary voters trust Biden more than Sanders in a crisis
As the US faces a growing coronavirus outbreak, preliminary findings from CNN exit polls conducted in Tuesday’s primary states show that Democratic voters trust former Vice President Joe Biden more than Sen. Bernie Sanders to handle a major crisis. … As in other states, early exit poll results from Democratic […] Read more »