… Mess is the only word I’d use to describe the current state of affairs in Iowa. There is no clear front-runner, and the closer we get to the caucuses, the hazier the crystal ball seems to be getting. With three months to go until Iowa, any of the top […] Read more »
Warren Leads Tight Iowa Race as Biden Fades, Poll Finds
The top Democratic presidential candidates are locked in a close race in the 2020 Iowa caucuses, with Senator Elizabeth Warren slightly ahead of Senator Bernie Sanders, Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Ind., and former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., according to a New York Times/Siena College poll of […] Read more »
Joe Biden’s Un-Dead Campaign?
This week, we discuss the latest New Hampshire poll that has Joe Biden coming in 3rd place. Then we discuss the overall health of the Biden campaign, amid reports it may be struggling. And finally, we look at a few key elections taking place Tuesday on the state level in […] Read more »
USA TODAY/Suffolk Poll: Biden’s lead over Warren narrows in a turbulent Democratic field
Former vice president Joe Biden continues to lead a turbulent field for the Democratic presidential nomination, a national USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll finds, but his margin over Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren has been slashed in half. And most Democratic voters say they could still change their minds. CONT. Susan Page, […] Read more »
CNN Poll: Sanders and Warren fight for home field in New Hampshire
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders (21%) and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren (18%) are in a close race among likely voters in New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation Democratic presidential primary, according to a new CNN poll conducted by the University of New Hampshire. Former Vice President Joe Biden stands a shade behind at 15%, […] Read more »
The changing Democratic electorate could upend Iowa’s role in 2020
… In every contested Democratic nomination race in this century, the winner of the Iowa caucuses has eventually won the nomination. That’s a measure of how much momentum candidates can earn, especially in this era of pervasive news coverage, from winning that kickoff contest. Conscious of that history, the leading […] Read more »