Former Vice President Joe Biden continues to lead the newly expanded field of contenders for the Democratic nomination for president, with Sens. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Bernie Sanders of Vermont behind him in a close battle for second, according to a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS. South Bend, […] Read more »
Our Poll Shows That Buttigieg’s Post-Debate Bump Is Still Just His Base
The past few weeks have been pretty good for South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg: His polls are on the upswing in Iowa, he’s getting more media coverage, and he even led in a New Hampshire poll. It seems that he carried this momentum through the fifth Democratic debate as […] Read more »
New Hampshire: Suffolk/Globe poll finds Sanders, Warren, Buttigieg, Biden all bunched up
A new Suffolk University/Boston Globe poll of likely New Hampshire Democratic primary voters shows a tight, four-way contest, with Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont on top but statistically tied with Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Ind., and former vice president Joe Biden. The survey […] Read more »
‘Public Option’ Draws Voters Unsure About ‘Medicare for All’
… A decade ago, the issue created such deep internal divisions among Senate Democrats that they ultimately dropped the idea from their bill, even though the public option was strongly favored by many liberals and a majority of House Democrats, including Speaker Nancy Pelosi. But now, with two of the […] Read more »
Growing number of Iowa Dems think Warren and Sanders are too far left
FiveThirtyEight’s Nate Silver discusses the moderate candidates’ rise in the polls on “This Week.” This Week, ABC News Read more »
Pete Buttigieg’s minority problem isn’t just about name recognition
… Buttigieg is clearly one of the — if not the only — frontrunners in the Iowa Democratic contest right now. Yet, some (like myself) have wondered aloud about whether Buttigieg will be able to translate his Iowa success into more diverse states like Nevada and South Carolina. That’s because […] Read more »