One’s confidence in predicting what’s likely to happen in the contest for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination correlates neatly with how closely one is looking at it. In the abstract, it seems like a mess, with a field of more than two dozen trimmed down only partially and a leading […] Read more »
Sanders starts 2020 in strong position in Iowa and New Hampshire — CBS News Battleground Tracker CBS News
The New Year opens with Bernie Sanders in his best standing yet against the field in Iowa and New Hampshire. He’s in a first-place tie with Joe Biden and Pete Buttigieg in Iowa. All three are at 23%, and each would get a similar number of delegates out of the […] Read more »
Crowded Democratic presidential field sprints toward ‘jump ball’ in crucial Iowa caucuses
… After a year of campaigning, and with less than a month to go before the first and therefore most important single contest in the Democratic nomination fight, few if any are confident of the outcome. At least four candidates are seen as having a shot to win Iowa, or, […] Read more »
With A Month To Go Before Iowa And New Hampshire, Anything Can Happen
Democrats all want one thing: to beat Donald Trump. The problem is, they can’t agree on who’s best to do that. … So what’s the state of play a month out? How predictive are Iowa and New Hampshire for who becomes the Democratic nominee? And should we even pay attention […] Read more »
Trump gains support among millionaires but would lose to Biden in head-to-head, CNBC survey finds
President Donald Trump is the favorite candidate of America’s millionaires — and his support seems to be strengthening. But there is a catch: in a head-to-head match up he would lose to Democratic candidate Joe Biden in the next Presidential election. CONT. Robert Frank, CNBC Read more »
Klobuchar Is Banking on Iowa Moderates. Her Problem: So Is Buttigieg.
… Of all the Democratic presidential candidates still in the race, it has been Ms. Klobuchar, the Minnesota senator, and Mr. Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Ind., who have worked hardest and deepest to win over Iowa’s more moderate Democrats, pitching themselves as Midwestern pragmatists who know how to […] Read more »