Two very competitive contests in Iowa Monday night were decided by very different factors. Here are some key findings from the CBS News Iowa entrance poll. CONT. Stanley Feldman & Melissa Herrmann, CBS News Read more »
How the ‘Virtual Tie’ in Iowa Helps Hillary Clinton
Bernie Sanders is right: The Iowa Democratic caucuses were a “virtual tie,” especially after you consider that the results aren’t even actual vote tallies, but state delegate equivalents subject to all kinds of messy rounding rules and potential geographic biases. … But in the end, a virtual tie in Iowa […] Read more »
The two Democratic parties fight to a draw in Iowa
Two Democratic parties showed up to vote in Iowa on Monday night, and with nearly all of the delegates tallied, the result is essentially a tie. Entrance polling showed the Democratic party of Bernie Sanders is younger (he earned about six times as much support as Clinton from those under […] Read more »
Polls Show Preferences and Priorities in Iowa
Senator Ted Cruz won support among white evangelical voters, conservatives and those who were seeking a candidate who shares their values. Donald J. Trump did well among first-time caucusgoers and those who want the next president to be from outside the political establishment and bring change. Senator Marco Rubio found […] Read more »
Why Iowa Matters For Trump And Sanders
If there’s one thing almost every species of political journalist agrees upon — number-crunchy nerds and shoe-leather reporters have no real beef about this — it’s that Iowa matters. Iowa matters a lot. … It isn’t self-evident why the votes of a couple of hundred thousand people in a kooky […] Read more »
Iowa Caucuses: The Political Divides to Watch Out For
Voters in Iowa will cast the first ballots of the 2016 presidential election in caucuses across the state on Monday. Polls show a close race in both Democratic and Republican contests. Hillary Clinton is leading Bernie Sanders by around three percentage points, and Donald Trump is ahead of Ted Cruz […] Read more »