Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks during a campaign rally in Los Angeles on Super Tuesday. Ronen Tivony/Echoes Wire/Barcroft Media via Getty Images Robert Shrum, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences The dominant question going into Super Tuesday was: Did Joe Biden’s sweeping victory […] Read more »
Biden’s Delegate Lead Is Small, but Could Be Hard to Overcome
Joe Biden reclaimed his status as a Democratic front-runner with stunning victories on Super Tuesday and opened a clear path to amassing enough delegates to clinch the nomination by the Democratic National Convention. … Bernie Sanders, the left wing’s champion, has dodged a knockout blow for now. While he has […] Read more »
What We Learned on Super Tuesday
… For months, Democratic voters told us in person, in polls and in focus groups that they didn’t care who won the nomination, they just wanted it to be someone who could beat Donald Trump. The fact that ideology or policy differences were taking a back seat to a proven […] Read more »
A wild Super Tuesday boosts Biden and brings new challenges for Sanders
The Democratic campaign for president took another wild and unexpected turn Tuesday night, dramatically lifting the candidacy of former vice president Joe Biden and suddenly putting the onus on Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) to demonstrate that he can expand his base of support. The Democratic contest has been transformed almost […] Read more »
The real winner of Super Tuesday is the Democratic Party itself
Democratic candidates have spent the whole primary warning about the stakes of the 2020 election. In the past week, the party showed that the commitment to beating Trump wasn’t just talk, even if individual candidates had to sacrifice their ambitions to do it. CONT. David Byler, Washington Post Read more »
Some Questions Already Seem Answered About Super Tuesday
It’s hard to remember an Election Day with so much uncertainty as voters go to the polls. And yet Joe Biden’s blowout win in South Carolina on Saturday — and subsequent steps toward consolidating the Democratic Party’s moderate wing — may have already answered many of the biggest questions about […] Read more »