Tag Archives: Bernie Sanders

As you can see above, Donald Trump has taken a massive lead over Ted Cruz according to a New York poll released today. But here’s the real story: New York remains solidly blue as either Clinton or Sanders top any Republican in the head-to-head general election matchups, the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-ack) University Poll finds, with some margins approaching 2-1. November …

Barney Frank slammed Bernie Sanders yesterday in an interview with Slate: It’s ironic that we complain about voter suppression and shortened voting times and then we have so many caucuses. The caucuses are the least democratic political operation in America. They cater to the people who have a lot of time on their hands, and what’s interesting is Sanders is …

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The Hill reports: After three big wins out west, Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders said he thinks many of the party’s superdelegates who have pledged to rival Hillary Clinton will switch to his side. “I think the momentum is with us,” Sanders said on CNN’s “State of the Union” with Jake Tapper on Sunday. “A lot of these superdelegates may …

Bernie Sanders has won the Hawaii caucus, completing his predicted sweep off yesterday’s three contests. When results were slow in coming, Sanders supporters acted on their own. Via USA Today: When the mainstream media was nearly silent on his victory, voters took the electoral process into their own hands. Overnight, a Google document built by a handful of strangers became …

Bernie Sanders has been projected to win the Washington state caucus, where 101 Democratic delegates are at stake. At this writing the margin over Hillary Clinton is just over 3-1. Still to come today is the caucus in Hawaii, where things get underway at 7PM Eastern.

From the Washington Post: Sen. Bernie Sanders is the projected winner of the Democratic primary in Alaska on Saturday, one of three contests held in Western states that the independent senator from Vermont is favored to win. Sanders campaigned hard in Washington, the most populous state voting Saturday, and is favored to win there, as well as in Hawaii. The …

Via Politico: Washington state, Alaska and Hawaii all hold Democratic nomination contests on Saturday, and Sanders has a fighting chance for a sweep. All three states are holding caucuses, an activist-heavy format that Sanders has thrived on. Washington state and Alaska are also heavy on white Democrats, a core Sanders constituency, and have relatively few African Americans. Hawaii is a …

A Fox News poll out today shows Hillary Clinton beating Donald Trump by 11 points, but losing to John Kasich by the same margin. Ted Cruz edges Clinton slightly in the poll, but the difference is within the margin of error. The same poll shows Republican voters prefer Trump over Cruz by three points, with Kasich trailing far behind at …

Both Bernie Sanders and Ted Cruz dominated the Utah caucuses last night, taking 79% and 69% of the votes respectively. Cruz takes all 40 of Utah’s delegates and Sanders picks up 18 on the Democratic side, leaving five for Hillary Clinton. The pledged Democratic delegate count stands at Clinton 1214, Sanders 901.

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have been projected to win the Arizona primary, as the pollsters predicted. Trump will take all of Arizona’s 58 delegates and it will likely be a couple of hours before we know how the proportionally awarded 75 Democratic delegates will be split. At this writing Clinton has 61% of the votes counted.

Bernie Sanders is expected to do better today than he did last Tuesday, when Hillary Clinton took all of that day’s states, albeit not always by much of a margin. Via Politico: The primary calendar is suddenly looking better for Bernie Sanders. Two of the three states voting Tuesday are in his wheelhouse — Idaho and Utah, both largely white …

CNN will interview all five remaining presidential candidates tonight beginning at 8PM Eastern. You can watch live online with your cable provider login or below via the embedded bootleg YouTube stream. Join us and weigh in.

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Last night Rachel Maddow asked this of Bernie Sanders: “If you get the Democratic nomination and you are elected president in November, would you ask President Obama to withdraw that nomination in a lame duck so you could name your own nominee?” Sanders responded: “Yes, I would. I think I’m 100% prepared to support Judge Garland. I think he’s clearly …

From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Razor-thin vote margins in Missouri’s Republican and Democratic presidential primaries Tuesday raised the question of a recount. With all precincts reporting, Republican Donald Trump defeated Ted Cruz by less than one-half of 1 percent, or 1,726 votes, according to the Missouri secretary of state’s office. Democrat Hillary Clinton’s margin was even closer. Clinton also defeated …

Hillary Clinton has very narrowly notched her fourth win tonight, taking the Illinois primary by a fraction of a point. Meanwhile both sides of the Missouri primary still remain too close to call at this writing. I’ll pick it up in the morning, folks.

Donald Trump has won three out of four so far tonight. Things remain tight on the Democratic side in Illinois, with Hillary Clinton holding a slight lead at this writing. We’re still waiting on Missouri for both sides.

John Kasich and Hillary Clinton have been projected to win the Ohio primary. With her third win tonight and things looking good for her in Missouri and Illinois, it’s possible that Clinton will run the Democratic table tonight. Is this the end of Bernie Sanders? As for Kasich, tonight’s win means that Trump will likely not reach the magic number …

Hillary Clinton has been projected to be the winner of the North Carolina primary. This is her second win tonight and 14th of the primary season. Democratic delegates are awarded proportionally, so it will be some time before the final polling numbers give us that count.