One of Saturday’s biggest election surprises was the entrance and exit polling measuring Hispanic voters in the Nevada caucus. It found that Bernie Sanders defeated Hillary Clinton by eight percentage points among Hispanic voters, overturning months of conventional wisdom about Mrs. Clinton’s strength among nonwhites. But there are a lot […] Read more »
Bernie Sanders Makes Progress, But Hillary Clinton Remains The Favorite
The Democratic contest moved to a not-totally-white contest, and Hillary Clinton had her best showing yet. She won the Nevada caucuses by over 5 percentage points, with an electorate that was only 59 percent white. And while there are still some questions about how Latinos voted, Clinton can claim tremendous […] Read more »
Outsider Status Lifts Trump in SC; Clinton Gets an Obama Boost in NV
Demand for an outsider and vast support for a ban on Muslims entering the country helped Donald Trump to victory in the South Carolina Republican primary. He was pulled back, all the same, by values voters and strong conservatives – setting the stage for epic battles ahead. Hillary Clinton, for […] Read more »
Clinton Hangs on in Nevada
After very narrowly winning Iowa and losing New Hampshire in a blowout, Hillary Clinton has moved on to her “firewall” — the more diverse states that came after the lily-white leadoff contests. Clinton’s wall held in its first test in Nevada, but her modest margin of victory isn’t going to […] Read more »
Hillary Clinton’s Nevada Victory Suggests She Still Has Edge Nationally
Hillary Clinton’s victory in the Nevada caucus on Saturday suggests that her national advantage, although diminished, has survived a big loss in New Hampshire and a tight race in Iowa. Nevada is fairly representative of the national electorate, and it’s a state where Bernie Sanders would be expected to fare […] Read more »
Nevada Entrance Poll Results: How Clinton Won
Hillary Clinton eked out a tight win in Nevada by relying on key groups that supported her in prior contests – particularly women and older voters. Clinton took 71 percent of the vote among caucus-goers age 65 and older, and 55 percent of female voters. She also won six-in-10 voters […] Read more »