Our final CBS News Iowa Battleground Tracker offers a statistical simulation of the caucuses and some scenarios that might unfold on Monday. It looks like a close contest heading in, and the top candidates are all poised to win national delegates. To show what could happen — and more importantly, […] Read more »
Bloomberg is trying to buy the Democratic nomination. It may not be for sale.
Mike Bloomberg has a simple, if deeply unusual, plan to become president. Rather than trying to gain traction in Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina, before feasting on delegate-rich contests on Super Tuesday and beyond, Bloomberg is skipping the first step of that process in favor of spending a […] Read more »
Iowa Caucus 2020: A guide to understanding the results
On Monday night, February 3, 2020, Iowans will flock to school auditoriums, union halls, community centers and even a few private homes in 1,681 precincts across the state of Iowa to give us the first glimpse of how real voters feel about the race for the Democratic nomination for president. […] Read more »
Why Klobuchar and Yang supporters may be the most powerful Iowans on caucus night
The most consequential moment of the Iowa caucuses won’t be the first time that people across the state line up in support of their preferred candidate on February 3. It will be when they do it for the second time — and it has the chance to give supporters of […] Read more »
Sanders and Biden Look for Dominance in Early States
Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont and former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., two front-runners in the Democratic presidential race, are mounting a late push to gain a decisive advantage in the early primary and caucus states, aiming to avert a monthslong delegate battle against two insurgent rivals — and […] Read more »
How the New Primary Calendar Changes the Contest for Democrats
When the Democratic primaries start in less than two months, they will lead off as usual with four familiar early states. What follows next is different. It’s not so different as to be unrecognizable, but enough to upend conventional wisdom about the path to the nomination. A variety of changes […] Read more »