Iowa and New Hampshire are great places to hold the opening presidential caucuses and primary, most Americans agree. Also, terrible ones. That was the decidedly mixed message from a USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll exploring whether the two small states, both overwhelmingly white, should continue to hold the out-sized influence on […] Read more »
With polling all over the map, could four different Democrats split the first four states?
With less than 60 days before the first votes are counted in Iowa, four candidates are in the mix or leading in at least one of the four early-voting states. Combined with the lack of a dominant frontunner nationally, Democrats can start asking a question that’s maybe not so far-fetched: […] Read more »
Nate Silver: ‘Do I buy that Bernie has a shot at the nomination? Definitely.’
FiveThirtyEight’s Nate Silver looks into Bernie Sanders’ chances of winning the Democratic nomination. This Week, ABC News Read more »
Amid adversity and missteps, Biden’s resilience has been one theme of 2019
For most of the year, former vice president Joe Biden has often been described in negative terms. It has been said he is not as sharp as he should be or once was; that he is well liked but can’t excite the base of the new Democratic Party; that his […] Read more »
WBUR Poll: Buttigieg, Biden Top N.H. Primary Race, While Warren’s Support Slips
Pete Buttigieg, mayor of South Bend, Indiana, and former Vice President Joe Biden are leading the crowded Democratic presidential primary race in New Hampshire, according to a new WBUR poll. With the first-in-the-nation primary less than nine weeks away, Buttigieg is running slightly ahead of Biden, followed by Vermont Sen. […] Read more »
Cruel primary history lessons Joe Biden won’t want to hear
Joe Biden is the national front-runner in the Democratic presidential race. He is holding a steady lead in national polling, and his campaign boasts of the firewall he’s established among African American voters, who may be the key to victory in the Feb. 28 South Carolina primary and who have […] Read more »