Forget Medicare-for-all, the wealth tax and reparations for slavery. What Democrats want most is to beat President Trump. To that end, they obsess over whether energizing progressives or persuading swing voters is more important; how the electorate would react to a woman or person of color running against Trump; and […] Read more »
Why Black Voters Prefer Establishment Candidates Over Liberal Alternatives
Black voters effectively delivered Hillary Clinton the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016. She and Sen. Bernie Sanders ran about evenly among white voters, but black voters overwhelmingly backed Clinton. So did the Democratic establishment. That team-up — black voters and the more establishment candidate — is not unusual. We don’t […] Read more »
Warren Vaults into the Lead in California’s Democratic Presidential Primary
Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren has pulled into the lead in California among voters likely to be participating in California’s March Democratic presidential primary. The latest Berkeley IGS Poll finds Warren to be the choice of 29% of likely voters, up eleven points from June. While support for Warren has grown […] Read more »
Elizabeth Warren leads Register’s Iowa Poll for the first time, besting Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders
Elizabeth Warren has surged in Iowa, narrowly overtaking Joe Biden and distancing herself from fellow progressive Bernie Sanders, the latest Des Moines Register/CNN/Mediacom Iowa Poll shows. Warren, the U.S. senator from Massachusetts, now holds a 2-percentage-point lead, with 22% of likely Democratic caucusgoers saying she is their first choice for […] Read more »
Elizabeth Warren surges and Joe Biden fades in close Iowa race, new poll shows
A surging Sen. Elizabeth Warren is challenging Joe Biden’s dominance in the race for the Democratic nomination, standing at 22% to the former vice president’s 20% in a new CNN/Des Moines Register/Mediacom poll of likely Iowa caucusgoers. Although neither candidate holds a clear lead at this point, the new poll […] Read more »
Sanders, Biden lead field of five candidates in double digits with Latino support
Bernie Sanders’ hoarse voice during the third Democratic debate in Houston did not prevent his message from attracting Latinos registered to vote in 2020. A national poll by Univision News, after the debate, found that the senator is now favored among Hispanic registered voters by two points (in a virtual […] Read more »