Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) ended her campaign Thursday after failing to get first or second place in any Super Tuesday states. The critical question going forward is where her supporters will swing. … Exit poll data indicates Sanders (I-Vt.) is the most natural beneficiary of Warren’s decision to end her […] Read more »
Trump Has His Sights Set on Black Voters
The Trump campaign is investing more money and resources in an attempt to attract African-American voters than any Republican presidential campaign in recent memory. … Many Democrats and their liberal allies downplay the president’s efforts, arguing that not only is black support for the Democratic Party rock solid, but that […] Read more »
Why Biden’s chance of beating Sanders is even bigger than it seems
… According to the latest NBC News projection, Biden leads Sanders by 513 to 461 in pledged delegates, with 105 for other candidates (1,991 are required to win the nomination). There are still millions of votes to count in California in the coming days, giving Sanders room to grow. But […] Read more »
Black voters, ‘Whole Foods moms’ and an anti-Trump base: Biden builds coalition that could boost Democrats in November
As Joe Biden racked up a string of unexpected victories in Super Tuesday primaries, he began to stitch together the kind of political coalition that had eluded his candidacy for months: a broad assembly of voters with the collective power to potentially defeat President Trump in November. Biden’s strong showing […] Read more »
Biden’s older voters are showing up. Sanders’ young voters aren’t
Super Tuesday was not so super for Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. He lost most of the states up for grabs, and it’s quite possible that he’ll end up with fewer delegates on the evening than chief rival former Vice President Joe Biden. Sanders’ struggles reflect an inability to connect with […] Read more »
Biden beat the odds in South Carolina. His party and pundits can learn from his win
… The last eight months haven’t been kind to the gaffe-prone Biden. But he has plodded along with his eye on one prize, South Carolina and its African American vote, while making the argument, which few in the media believed, that when the primary turnout reflected a more diverse makeup, […] Read more »