Hillary Clinton’s resume, her position on gun policy, her support from women and New York Democrats’ racial and ethnic diversity all boosted her to victory in the state’s presidential primary, while Donald Trump’s home-state advantage gave him record margins overall and across a range of Republican voter groups. CONT. Gary […] Read more »
The Disappearing Middle: Electorate Way Less Moderate Than Past Primaries
One of the biggest stories of the election cycle is turnout (as we’ve reported a few times now): Republican turnout has spiked far beyond 2012 levels, and Democratic turnout has fallen off after the party’s mammoth 2008. The tone and the turnout are vastly different between Republicans and Democrats this […] Read more »
Bernie Sanders’s Successful Insurgency
Bernie Sanders’s resounding victory in Tuesday’s Wisconsin primary cements his status as one of the Democratic Party’s most successful insurgents ever, even as it leaves him still facing a steep uphill climb to overtake Hillary Clinton for the presidential nomination. … At my request, the veteran electoral analyst Rhodes Cook, […] Read more »
Wisconsin More of an Outlier Than a Turning Point
… While Cruz and Sanders are pointing to Wisconsin as the turning point, it’s more likely to be more of an outlier. It does, however, set the narrative for the next two weeks and puts even more pressure on Clinton and Trump to do well in their home/adopted state of […] Read more »
What does the Wisconsin primary mean for the road ahead?
Tuesday’s primary contest in Wisconsin saw trailing presidential candidates Sen. Ted Cruz and Sen. Bernie Sanders pick up much-needed double-digits wins over their front-running rivals. For a closer look at what these victories could mean for the road ahead, Judy Woodruff talks to Ronald Brownstein of Atlantic Media and Dante […] Read more »
5 numbers that explain the Wisconsin results
Ted Cruz consolidated Wisconsin GOP primary voters who wanted to stop Donald Trump in Tuesday night’s presidential primary, winning nearly half the vote – and the vast majority of highly prized delegates to this summer’s national convention. In the Democratic primary, Bernie Sanders romped over Hillary Clinton to maintain his […] Read more »