Given continued coverage of Marco Rubio’s claim that his poor performance in Saturday’s debate caused his fifth-place finish in the New Hampshire Republican primary, we wanted to put some data behind the point -– that the exit poll just doesn’t back him up. We’ve got two ways to look at […] Read more »
The Republicans: Trump Soars, Rubio Falters
Six months ago, Donald Trump as New Hampshire primary winner was almost unimaginable. Yet here we are: he triumphed, and it wasn’t even close. So much for the Iowa narrative, which held that Trump had no ground game and would always fall short of his predicted margin in polls. CONT. […] Read more »
The Democrats: Bernie’s Blowout
That Bernie Sanders won New Hampshire was not a surprise. That he won by so much is. It’s a tremendous shot in the arm for his campaign and a jarring setback for Hillary Clinton. Keep this in mind: While we and many others have been suggesting for months that Clinton […] Read more »
It Gets Harder From Here For Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders won and won big here on Tuesday. He earned 60 percent of the vote in New Hampshire and won nearly every town and city in the state. … It would be tempting to say that Sanders won here only because of latte-drinking liberal New Englanders, but he won […] Read more »
New Hampshire: When the Heart Beat the Head
The quick takeaways from the Granite State: 1. Trump and Sanders won big, but haven’t put to rest questions about their electability and 2. The GOP establishment vacuum remains, but Marco Rubio, the big loser tonight, still remains the likeliest candidate to fill it. CONT. Amy Walter, Cook Political Report Read more »
Why did Hillary Clinton lose big in New Hampshire?
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders crushed rival Hillary Clinton during Tuesday night’s Democratic primary contest in New Hampshire, winning with a 22-point margin over the former secretary of state. According to exit polls, the major deciding factor among Granite State voters was the presidential contenders’ level of trustworthiness. … Among those […] Read more »