Joe Biden holds a wide lead in South Carolina, while the former vice president, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren are knotted up in Nevada, according to new CNN polls conducted by SSRS in the third and fourth states to cast ballots for the 2020 Democratic nomination. […] Read more »
More good news for Elizabeth Warren, within striking distance of Joe Biden in Nevada
Elizabeth Warren has pulled within striking distance of Joe Biden for the lead in Nevada’s influential presidential caucuses. A new Suffolk University/USA TODAY Network Poll, taken after this month’s Democratic debate, shows Biden at 23% and Warren at 19% in Nevada, the state that follows Iowa and New Hampshire in […] Read more »
Elizabeth Warren rises as Joe Biden clings to delegate edge — CBS News Battleground Tracker
This poll tells a story of Elizabeth Warren rising. But not Joe Biden falling. The former vice president now clings to a narrow lead over Warren in our CBS News/YouGov Tracker estimate of convention delegates – the only count that ultimately matters – with an estimated 600 delegates of all […] Read more »
DNC to recommend scrapping Iowa, Nevada virtual caucus plans
The Democratic National Committee will recommend scrapping state plans to offer virtual, telephone-based caucuses in 2020 due to security concerns, sources tell The Associated Press. The final choice whether to allow virtual caucuses in Iowa and Nevada is up to the party’s powerful Rules and Bylaws Committee. But opposition from […] Read more »
Nevada: A discussion with Jon Ralston about the lack of presidential primary polls in Nevada
Nevada falls early on the 2020 presidential primary and caucus calendar. So, why are there so few polls about the Democratic contest? In this week’s episode of our podcast, Poll Hub, we speak with Jon Ralston, Editor of the Nevada Independent. Ralston shares the significance of Nevada in the electoral […] Read more »
Creating high-quality polls is incredibly hard. 2020 rule changes aren’t helping.
We’re officially in the part of the primary season where, even if pollsters can’t tell us for certain what will happen in 2020, polling starts to have consequences. … But despite the importance of the polls, many political junkies — and even some candidates themselves — don’t understand exactly what […] Read more »