… As was the case in 2016, if Democrats want to have any chance of defeating Mr. Trump, they will need the strong support of Latino voters. This time, however, they will have to work extra hard to get it. … The number of eligible voters of Hispanic background who […] Read more »
Iran, Impeachment, and Iowa
Between the events unfolding in Iran and the Iowa causes, there’s a lot to digest this week. Astead Herndon of The New York Times and Clare Malone of FiveThirtyEight join Politics with Amy Walter to provide an update on the state of the Democratic Primary. Plus, Thanassis Cambanis of the […] Read more »
Iowa poll shows a tight four-way race in final weeks before the Democratic caucuses
Iowa’s likely caucusgoers are closely divided between four top candidates just weeks out from the Democratic caucuses, a new CNN/Des Moines Register/Mediacom poll shows. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is on the rise as other top competitors hold steady or lose ground. Sanders (20%), Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren (17%), former South […] Read more »
The Iowa Poll Everyone Is Waiting For
Campaign officials for the leading Democratic presidential candidates on Friday were eagerly awaiting the release of the first significant poll from Iowa in nearly two months, a drought that has left a murky picture of the Democratic primary race in a state that conducts its first-in-the-nation caucuses in less than […] Read more »
It’s Wide Open Going into Iowa
… The Democratic race has been frozen in place by the holidays, without many meaningful developments since the Dec. 19 debate. But don’t let the recent lack of movement fool you; this is the most wide-open contest for the Democratic presidential nomination in modern history. CONT. Charlie Cook Read more »
Poll Hub: The Polling Push
On this week’s episode of our podcast, Poll Hub, Nate Cohn, domestic correspondent for The Upshot at The New York Times, joins the team. Few polls have been released since the last Democratic primary debate, and supporters of the lower-tier candidates are in an uproar. We discuss why this poll […] Read more »