After a first round of Democratic primary debates in which the conversation seemed to be guided by candidates further to the left, disagreements between moderates and progressives took center stage on the first night of the second round of debates. In this installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, Nate Silver […] Read more »
Sanders and Warren Battle Accusations of ‘Fairy Tale’ Promises as Intraparty Rift Flares
The leading liberals in the Democratic presidential primary, Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, strenuously fought back on Tuesday against accusations of making fanciful promises and imperiling the party’s prospects against President Trump, as a group of moderate underdogs sought to slow their momentum in the second round of debates. […] Read more »
Dem primary debates ‘could determine the nominee’: 538’s Nate Silver
FiveThirtyEight’s Nate Silver breaks down the importance of Democratic debates. This Week, ABC News Read more »
The Detroit debate: Is there any candidate who doesn’t have something at risk?
The second Democratic presidential debate will take place in just more than a week, this time in Detroit. After what transpired in Miami, almost every candidate has something to prove. CNN, which will host the two nights of debate, found a smart system to assure relative balance between upper- and […] Read more »
Even after first debates, Joe Biden still holds a 20-point lead with black voters
A new Fox News poll from South Carolina finds former Vice President Joe Biden leading among Democratic primary voters with 35%. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is in a distant second place with 14%, and Sen. Kamala Harris is near him at 12%. No other candidate reaches double digits. … After […] Read more »
Midpoint: An analysis of the Democratic primary polls midway between the first two rounds of Democratic debates
On this week’s episode of our podcast, Poll Hub, the post-debate polls! Two weeks beyond the first round of Democratic primary debates and about two weeks to go until the second, we assess the crowded poll landscape and analyze what the polls mean (and don’t) for the 2020 primary contest. […] Read more »