Six states are holding Democratic primaries or caucuses on Tuesday: Idaho, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, North Dakota and Washington, worth a collective 352 delegates to the Democratic National Convention. There have been no recent polls by reputable organizations in North Dakota. Here is what the polls say about the other five […] Read more »
Why Biden’s endorsement wave matters
Former Vice President Joe Biden is racking up endorsements. … No candidate has lost when ahead in the national polls and endorsements at this point, as Biden is right now. There have been 14 party primaries without an incumbent running since 1980. The leader in endorsements from members of Congress […] Read more »
AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s misguided boast on virus poll ratings
President Donald Trump is making a misleading boast about his job performance on the coronavirus, claiming that recent polls point to high public approval even after delays by the federal government in distributing test kits to diagnose and stem the illness. CONT. Hope Yen, Associated Press Read more »
The primaries, the polls, and the political landscape ‘where only the last 72 hours seems to matter’
BuzzFeed News reporter Katherine Miller and CNN senior writer and analyst Harry Enten debrief about the past week of Democratic politics and how the stunning developments have been framed by the news media. Joe Biden’s victories were due “in part because people really wanted clarity in the field,” Miller says: […] Read more »
Why Biden Is Now A Big Favorite
In this installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast’s “Model Talk,” Nate Silver explains why the Democratic primary forecast shifted significantly in Biden’s favor this week. He also discusses changes he’s made to the model and why a comeback will be so challenging for the Sanders campaign. FiveThirtyEight Read more »
Poll Hub: This is Getting Intense
On this week’s episode of Poll Hub, we’re digging deep into the data with The Marist Poll’s Director of Data Management and Technology, Stephanie Calvano. What can we learn from Super Tuesday exit polls? What does that information mean for the next round of Democratic primary states, and why do […] Read more »