Following the Nevada caucuses, the political narrative was pretty well settled. Bernie Sanders’ big win cemented his place as the frontrunner and the likely nominee. Biden had long counted on a South Carolina win, but his so-called firewall was looking anything but reliable. Four polls released between mid-February and the […] Read more »
The 10th Democratic Debate Motto: Attack Bernie
This week, we break down the tenth Democratic debate and the Nevada Caucuses’ results. Then, we preview the next primaries in South Carolina and the Super Tuesday states. The Forecast Fest Read more »
What Sanders’s Big Nevada Win Means For The Rest Of The Race
Sen. Bernie Sanders won a decisive victory in the Nevada caucuses over the weekend. In this installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, Jon Ralston, editor of The Nevada Independent, joins Nate Silver and Galen Druke to break down the voting patterns that helped Sanders win and what they mean going […] Read more »
Bernie Sanders Is The Front-Runner
With 60 percent of precincts reporting in Nevada, it’s time for us to turn our 2020 primary forecast back on, as we think the results we have are pretty representative and the topline picture appears set. Sen. Bernie Sanders won, and he won big. … That voting will end without […] Read more »
Sanders won big with Latinos in Nevada. The nation’s largest minority group could reshape the Democratic race
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ big win among Latinos in Saturday’s Nevada caucuses underscores the potential for the nation’s largest minority group to reshape the next stage of the Democratic presidential race. Almost all of the states with a large Latino population will vote in just the next four weeks: Nevada […] Read more »
Sanders eviscerates the conventional wisdom about why he can’t win
On Saturday in Nevada, Bernie Sanders laid waste not just to his five main rivals but also to every shard of conventional wisdom about the Democratic presidential primaries. CONT. Ryan Lizza, Politico Read more »