After the trauma of the 2016 election, it’s natural that prospective Democratic primary voters are fixated on nominating the presidential candidate they believe to be the most electable. But it is increasingly apparent that these voters have formed questionable impressions of what constitutes electability, and in many cases, thrown their […] Read more »
CBS News Battleground Tracker poll: Biden leads, with Warren, Harris, Sanders close behind
The belief that he could fare best against President Trump is currently propelling Joe Biden in the early Democratic nomination race by two measures — vote preference, and the delegates that would come with them. But others — including Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders — are in the mix, at […] Read more »
To beat Biden, his rivals must win in Iowa and New Hampshire
A new Monmouth University Nevada Democratic caucuses poll finds that former Vice President Joe Biden leads with 36%. … The big question for most of the 2020 Democratic presidential field is how to beat front-runner Biden. One obvious way is to change the entire national trajectory of the race. That […] Read more »
Why Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden really need each other
If New Hampshire Democrats voted today, and the most recent polling is correct, the only candidates who would get any delegates at all from the first-in-the-nation primary would be Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders. The two are not only leading the packed field of 2020 presidential contenders, but are the […] Read more »
New Hampshire: 2020 Democratic Primary
… A plurality of likely Democratic primary voters (40%) could not name a candidate when asked an open-ended question about whom they will vote for in the 2020 Primary. Vermont Senator and 2016 winner Bernie Sanders is mentioned by likely Democratic primary voters most frequently (18%), followed by Former Vice […] Read more »
Trump’s Primary Goal: Avoiding a New Hampshire Hiccup
• President Trump remains a huge favorite to win renomination as the Republican presidential nominee, although he will have at least some opposition. • The New Hampshire primary has historically tested the strength of presidential incumbents. • In the primary’s modern history, incumbents who won easy victories went on to […] Read more »