A data-driven controversy has erupted over a finding in the entrance poll of Nevada’s Democratic caucusgoers Saturday, with the results of the poll among Latinos seemingly at odds with widely held expectations that the group was a strong one for Hillary Clinton. The results of the Nevada entrance poll Saturday […] Read more »
Nevada Republican Caucuses: Entrance Poll Analysis
New highs in desire for an outsider candidate and in voter anger mark the Nevada Republican caucuses in preliminary entrance poll results. Six in 10 caucus-goers say they’re looking for someone from outside the political establishment, compared with about half in previous contests. About six in also describe themselves as […] Read more »
Polling Latinos has Always Been Controversial
The recent controversy over Latino voting in Nevada has brought out a contentious back and forth over whether Hillary Clinton lost Latino voters to Bernie Sanders. … The latest out of Nevada is part of a long line of controversies over Hispanic voters. When the media was claiming that Hillary […] Read more »
Sanders was leading among Nevada Latinos in campaign’s last internal survey, pollster says
The pollster for Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders said Tuesday that his final survey before the Nevada caucuses showed Sanders winning Latino support by nearly the same margin as independent entrance polling that Hillary Clinton’s campaign has sought to discredit. CONT. John Wagner, Washington Post Read more »
More Reason to Doubt Claim That Sanders Won Hispanic Vote in Nevada
The debate over who really won the Hispanic vote in Nevada, Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders, continues today. As I wrote Sunday, I think the balance of evidence points to Mrs. Clinton: Her strength in the heavily Hispanic areas of Las Vegas and among Hispanic voters in most national polls […] Read more »
Two Saturday Surprises
Two surprising results came out of the Nevada Democratic caucuses and South Carolina Republican primary Saturday: in the former, Bernie Sanders’ showing among Hispanics; in the latter, Donald Trump’s performance among evangelicals. Each is worth a closer look. CONT. Gary Langer, ABC News Read more »