Sanders and Biden Vie for the African American Vote

As the Democratic primary contest heats up, African American voters will be key in determining who the nominee will be and their relative chances at taking the White House in 2020. A deeper dive of the preferences of this voting group gives us a better understanding of how the Democratic […] Read more »

New Figures Show Billionaire Candidates Spending Big, With Little Return

The candidates in the top 1% have accounted for about 78% of the ad spending in the presidential race so far, according to new numbers. The two self-funding billionaires in the Democratic primary, former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg and activist business executive Tom Steyer, have spent the most […] Read more »

Biden Leads Democratic Race But Loses Electability Edge Vs. President Trump: IBD/TIPP

Former Vice President Joe Biden holds a steady, though hardly comfortable lead in the Democratic nomination battle, the January IBD/TIPP Poll finds. Yet Biden’s biggest selling point since he entered the race — his electability vs. President Donald Trump — is at its lowest ebb of the 2020 election. Meanwhile, […] Read more »

Sanders and Biden Look for Dominance in Early States

Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont and former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., two front-runners in the Democratic presidential race, are mounting a late push to gain a decisive advantage in the early primary and caucus states, aiming to avert a monthslong delegate battle against two insurgent rivals — and […] Read more »

Biden holds wide lead among black voters in Democratic presidential race, Post-Ipsos poll finds

Former vice president Joe Biden is far and away the favored candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination among black Americans, boosted by his personal popularity, his service in the Obama administration and perceptions that he is best equipped to defeat President Trump, according to a national Washington Post-Ipsos poll. CONT. […] Read more »

It’s Wide Open Going into Iowa

… The Democratic race has been frozen in place by the holidays, without many meaningful developments since the Dec. 19 debate. But don’t let the recent lack of movement fool you; this is the most wide-open contest for the Democratic presidential nomination in modern history. CONT. Charlie Cook Read more »