In a late night installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, the crew reacted to Sen. Bernie Sanders’s win in the New Hampshire primary. They also looked at the parts of the electorate that powered Pete Buttigieg and Sen. Amy Klobuchar to strong second and third place finishes, respectively, and asked […] Read more »
A Drawn-Out Nomination Fight Is More Likely Than Ever
Senator Bernie Sanders’s unexpectedly narrow victory in New Hampshire underscored the splintering of the Democratic presidential field that was evident in last week’s murky Iowa caucus—and left two of his opponents facing grim questions about their future viability. … The New Hampshire results confirmed Sanders and Buttigieg as the field’s […] Read more »
The primary in New Hampshire came down to the last few hours of the race
… Elections are usually fairly easy to predict. Candidates hold leads for weeks on end and go on to victory. That’s not what happened in New Hampshire. There, a race that had been the focus of attention for months was probably only determined in the last 12 hours before polls […] Read more »
Debate clinched late support for Klobuchar, exit polls show
Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar won over moderates, college-educated and older voters in the last 72 hours of the primary in New Hampshire, according to CNN exit polls, a combination that helped lift her to a solid third-place finish on Tuesday night. The Democratic debate on Friday night proved pivotal for […] Read more »
Democrats now face a fractured and divisive contest for the nomination
Democrats braced themselves Tuesday night for a long and divisive contest for their party’s presidential nomination after New Hampshire voters added new uncertainty to a race already scrambled by last week’s caucuses in Iowa. … The likely prospect now is that Sanders and several other candidates will divide the vote […] Read more »
New Hampshire primary exit poll: Who supported Sanders, Buttigieg and Klobuchar
The New Hampshire Democratic primary brought to the surface various issues that divided voters — frequently pitting Bernie Sanders on one side against Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar on the other. … Exit polls show Democratic primary voters prioritized beating President Trump over having a candidate who agrees with them […] Read more »