Bernie Sanders won and won big here on Tuesday. He earned 60 percent of the vote in New Hampshire and won nearly every town and city in the state. … It would be tempting to say that Sanders won here only because of latte-drinking liberal New Englanders, but he won […] Read more »
New Hampshire: When the Heart Beat the Head
The quick takeaways from the Granite State: 1. Trump and Sanders won big, but haven’t put to rest questions about their electability and 2. The GOP establishment vacuum remains, but Marco Rubio, the big loser tonight, still remains the likeliest candidate to fill it. CONT. Amy Walter, Cook Political Report Read more »
Why did Hillary Clinton lose big in New Hampshire?
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders crushed rival Hillary Clinton during Tuesday night’s Democratic primary contest in New Hampshire, winning with a 22-point margin over the former secretary of state. According to exit polls, the major deciding factor among Granite State voters was the presidential contenders’ level of trustworthiness. … Among those […] Read more »
Seven takeaways from the New Hampshire primary exit polls
The New Hampshire primary is usually known as the graveyard of pollsters, but not this year. In this case, the polls generally got it right. As predicted, businessman Donald Trump and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, carried the night by double-digit margins over their competitors. And that’s just one of the […] Read more »
Both parties now have their outside candidate and their inside candidate
The Republican voters, the Democratic voters, and the Independent voters of New Hampshire did in 2016 what they’ve been doing for decades; they shaped the race for president and cemented the narrative that has been emerging all year. As a result, we now have two parties that are offering up […] Read more »
PredictWise: New Hampshire Recap
New Hampshire happened exactly as expected with Donald Trump and John Kasich finishing first and second in the Republican primary and Bernie Sanders winning the Democratic primary. … Marco Rubio’s finish is a failure and a confirmation that his poor debate performance on Saturday, February 6 was interpreted poorly by […] Read more »