Next week the Democratic nominating process moves to South Carolina and to a very different electorate. For months, the state’s African-American population has been seen as a kind of firewall for former Vice President Joe Biden – a group of voters who would support him even if he had a […] Read more »
Minnesota poll: Klobuchar has edge in primary
Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar enjoys a slight edge as her home state’s presidential primary nears, according to a new MPR News/Star Tribune Minnesota Poll that shows plenty of likely voters still haven’t decided. CONT. Brian Bakst, MPR News Read more »
Sanders eviscerates the conventional wisdom about why he can’t win
On Saturday in Nevada, Bernie Sanders laid waste not just to his five main rivals but also to every shard of conventional wisdom about the Democratic presidential primaries. CONT. Ryan Lizza, Politico Read more »
Bernie Sanders Wins Nevada — Putting Him In The Driver’s Seat To Win The Nomination
Bernie Sanders has won the Nevada caucuses, and it looks like he’s going to win them by a big, perhaps even landslide margin. … This was a big, impressive win for Sanders, and it should be even clearer now that Sanders is easily the most likely Democrat to win the […] Read more »
How Bernie Sanders Dominated in Nevada
… For at least one day, in one state, the long-promised political revolution of Mr. Sanders came to vivid life, a multiracial coalition of immigrants, college students, Latina mothers, younger black voters, white liberals and even some moderates who embraced his idea of radical change and lifted him to victory […] Read more »
With help from Latino voters, Bernie Sanders hits the Nevada jackpot
Sen. Bernie Sanders ran competitively in unaccustomed support groups amid the Nevada Democratic caucuses while sweeping the table among Latino, young and very liberal voters, leaving his competitors wrestling inconclusively over the sharply fragmented remains, according to ABC News’ entrance poll results. Latinos joined the Sanders brigade in Nevada, the […] Read more »