After the 2018 midterm elections, much of the national media suffered from a collective misunderstanding of the Democratic Party. Multiple news stories described a party that was moving sharply to the left under the newfound leadership of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her fellow Democratic Socialists. But Ocasio-Cortez wasn’t very representative of […] Read more »
Joe Biden’s entry resets a very volatile Democratic primary
The Democratic race for president has, at least for now, been reset. We had two high quality national polls released on Tuesday from CNN and Quinnipiac University, and they show two very similar trends: 1. The current top tier is former Vice President Joe Biden and Joe Biden alone after […] Read more »
Why Biden is leading — and why that lead should be taken with a grain of salt
Over the last month, following his formal entry into the Democratic presidential primary contest, former vice president Joe Biden surged more than 10 points in polling conducted by CNN and its partner SSRS. His lead in this poll is now twice that of the second-most popular candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders […] Read more »
Biden Is Way Out In Front. Second Place Is Anyone’s Guess.
Last week, when he launched his presidential campaign, I made the case for why Joe Biden is the front-runner for the Democratic nomination. This week, with the release of several new polls, that case has become clearer. Four national polls released on Tuesday all showed Biden’s support significantly higher than […] Read more »
CNN Poll: Biden solidifies front-runner status with post-announcement bump
Former Vice President Joe Biden’s announcement of a bid for the Democratic presidential nomination earned him an 11-point polling bounce, leaving him head and shoulders above the rest of the Democratic candidates. A new CNN poll conducted by SSRS after Biden’s announcement on Thursday shows 39% of voters who are […] Read more »
Biden Is In, But Most Of The Democratic Establishment Is Still On The Sidelines
After announcing his presidential campaign last week, Joe Biden jumped to the front of the pack in FiveThirtyEight’s endorsement tracker. He also raised the most money of any candidate in the first 24 hours after kickoff. CONT. FiveThirtyEight Read more »