While 20 Democratic presidential candidates debated over four hours on Wednesday and Thursday night, a group of 210 voters convened by leading party pollster Stanley Greenberg offered their live impressions, answering poll questions and participating in dial-testing to indicate their feelings about what was going on onstage, as it happened. […] Read more »
2 Debates, 20 Candidates, 26 Hours
The opening two debates of what Democrats hope is the 2020 Donald Trump Demolition Derby are in the books. Ultimately, the polls and maybe the upcoming donation totals will tell us whether there were any clear winners, and whether the debate changed anything. CONT. Larry J. Sabato & Kyle Kondik, […] Read more »
What to Make of the Democratic Debates
It is dangerous to read too much into any debate —especially one held more than six months before the first Democratic caucus in Iowa. Even so, these first two Democratic debates are instructive. First, they give us a benchmark for evaluating these candidates over time: Who wears well and who […] Read more »
Cory Booker Is Trailing In The Polls, But Some Democratic Activists Really Like Him
The first Democratic primary debates are nearly here, but the early-state Democratic Party activists I’m interviewing for my book on the future of the party are still largely undecided. Three more activists have committed to supporting just one candidate, but what struck me in this latest round of surveys was […] Read more »
Joe Biden’s challenge: Sustaining support from black voters
… An average of our CNN polling in late April and late May shows Biden lapping the field among black voters with about 50%. Harris, Sanders and Warren were all between 5% and 10%. Biden’s 40 point lead among black voters was more than double his about 15 point lead […] Read more »
Anyone But Trump: Key findings from the Univision News national Hispanic voter survey
As 20 Democratic presidential candidates prepare for the initial round of primary debates beginning next week, Univision News announces key findings of its first Hispanic voter survey of the 2020 election cycle. … Commissioned by Univision News and overseen by its newly hired Director of Polling, Dr. Sergio Garcia-Rios, the […] Read more »