Going back in time to mid March, two events occurred almost simultaneously: (1) the coronavirus pandemic initially triggered shutdowns across most of America, and (2) Joe Biden’s “Super Tuesday” dominance over Bernie Sanders essentially concluded the competitive part of Democratic nomination contest. As a precaution against spreading the virus further, many states that would have […]
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RSS feed for this sectionDecision 2020: Alaska and Wisconsin contests
(UPDATED 4/14 PM FOR NEW LOUISIANA ELECTION DATE) Even though Bernie Sanders dropped out of the Democratic primary contest on April 8, only 29 states have completed their Presidential contests, while of Congressional/state contests for this election cycle, only 7 states have voted. So where do we currently stand with the 2020 election cycle ? […]
Decision 2020: Current status of this unusual election cycle
Nearly a month ago, the Democratic nomination contest was concluding in an orderly fashion, as Joe Biden’s clearing of the “moderate” swim lane before “Super Tuesday” enabled him to establish dominance over Bernie Sanders (who just dropped out of the race today). It was his second place finish in Nevada that was the “spark” that […]
Decision 2020: The “pandemic primary”
UPDATED 3/18 AM to account for Alabama’s moving its runoff from March 31 to July 14 UPDATED 3/20 AM to account for remaining votes left to count in Florida As the effects of the coronavirus continue to spread, three primaries were held last night, and the Democratic primary electorate continued to make its preference clear: […]
Decision 2020: “Mini” Tuesday and more “Joe (Biden) mentum”
What a difference that a second place finish in a caucus state can make. Before the Nevada caucuses, Joe Biden’s campaign was on the ropes after weak finishes both in Iowa and New Hampshire. Yet his finishing second in the Nevada caucuses (thanks to black and union support) enabled him to get the necessary black […]
Decision 2020: Super Tuesday and “Joe (Biden) mentum”
Updated 3/4 PM and 3/5 AM to reflect Bloomberg and Warren withdrawals Super Tuesday has concluded, and former Vice President Joe Biden has staged an incredible comeback. He certainly didn’t look like a viable candidate until recently: he started off with a fourth place finish in Iowa and 15% of the vote. In New Hampshire, […]
Decision 2020: JMC’s thoughts about “Super Tuesday”
Make no mistake, Super Tuesday is a significant Election Day: 14 state contests in four different time zones that involve selection of a about third of all Democratic delegates. As a guide for these contests, JMC has some “big picture” thoughts, broken out by time zone (map of these contests shown below): In […]
Decision 2020: The South Carolina Democratic Primary
(UPDATED 3/1 PM REGARDING BUTTIGIEG WITHDRAWAL) With each additional Democratic contest, the nomination contest comes into clearer focus, although Joe Biden’s unambiguous victory tonight merely keeps him in the race, as the composition of the South Carolina Democratic electorate certainly won’t be replicated in the gauntlet of contests that the remaining five Democratic (Tom Steyer […]
Decision 2020: The Nevada Democratic Caucus
(UPDATED 2/24 PM) Last night, the 2020 Democratic nomination contest moved to Nevada, which is (sequentially in the primary contest) the first state to have a diverse primary electorate, with not just Hispanics, but blacks, those of more than one race, and unions. And now that we’re three contests in, we can start to see […]
Decision 2020: The New Hampshire Democratic Primary
(Note: updated at 10PM 2/12) With the Iowa caucuses behind us, primary season has finally begun with the “first in the nation” New Hampshire primary, and we can finally start to see the Democratic race take shape: Record turnout: In Iowa, Democratic turnout was the second highest ever, but it could be argued that a […]