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NEW —> Super Tuesday lessons: 7 key takeaways from a big night. Joe Biden is back with a vengeance, Bernie Sanders scores important wins, and the Democratic race becomes a proxy war over two visions.

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Joe Biden voters 2-to-1 prioritize a candidate who can "unite the country"; Bernie Sanders voters 2-to-1 prefer one who can "bring about needed change," per Super Tuesday exit polls.

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Coronavirus fears boosted Joe Biden on Super Tuesday: Among Democrats who said it was an important factor, 47% voted Biden, 29% voted Sanders, 10% voted Bloomberg, 9% voted Warren.

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Wondering why Super Tuesday went the way it did? Lots of valuable data in these NBC News exits that tell the story.

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NEW: Elizabeth Warren is dropping out of the presidential race

w/ ⁦@alivitali⁩ 👇 nbcnews.com/politics/2020-…
The most diverse presidential field in American history has whittled down to two white men in their late 70s.

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The 2016 election arguably set back the cause of electing a woman president. I've lost count of how many voters I met on the road who said they loved Elizabeth Warren but wouldn't vote for her because they just didn't believe the country would elect her.

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Sahil Kapur
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Sanders tells @Maddow re: a potential Bernie-Warren ticket: “It’s too early to talk about that. But certainly I have a lot of respect for Senator Warren and would love to sit down and talk to her about what kind of role she can play in our administration.”
Interesting: Bernie Sanders, pressed twice by @maddow on whether he‘d explicitly reject Bloomberg spending $ to help beat Trump if he’s the nominee, says only that Bloomberg can do what he wants with his money and that the Sanders goal is to fix the system.
Bernie Sanders on his problems with black voters: “We’re running against somebody who has touted his relationship with Barack Obama for eight years... It’s not that I’m not popular. Biden is running with his ties to Obama, and that’s working well.”
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Sahil Kapur
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Bernie Sanders speaking now in Vermont: "Joe is running a campaign which is obviously heavily supported by the corporate establishment. At last count he has received funding from at least 60 billionaires."
Sanders offers a comprehensive critique of Biden on issues, hitting him on "disastrous" trade deals like NAFTA/PNTR, Wall Street bailout, Iraq war, "disastrous" bankruptcy bill, Social Security and Medicare cuts.
Bernie Sanders says he wants his battle with Joe Biden to be about the issues.

"I like Joe. Joe is a decent guy. And I do not want this campaign to degenerate into a Trump-type effort where we're attacking each other, where it's personal attacks."
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🗳🇺🇸1. LA PREVIA

El #SuperTuesday es la quinta gran cita de estas primarias demócratas tras Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada y South Carolina. Y pese a que esos cuatro concursos se celebraron a lo largo del mes de febrero, hoy hay primarias en CATORCE estados.

Hay mucho en juego. 👇🏼
🗳🇺🇸2. Los acontecimientos de los últimos días nos han dejado con cuatro grandes candidatos que se disputarán el mayor número de delegados en este #SuperTuesday:

∙ Bernie Sanders
∙ Joe Biden
∙ Elizabeth Warren
∙ Mike Bloomberg
🗳🇺🇸3. BERNIE SANDERS

Fortalezas en este #SuperTuesday:
∙ Apoyo entre jóvenes
∙ Apoyo entre latinos
∙ Apoyo entre blancos de clase trabajadora, especialmente en el Midwest
∙ Arrasa en las urbes

Debilidades:
∙ Apoyo entre negros
∙ Apoyo entre blancos de suburbs (ricos)
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G. Elliott Morris
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#NEW I wrote about "electability" and the 2020 Democratic primary for the paper this week. We combined political science and polling data and found that a moderate Dem with strength among working-class whites has the best chance against Trump.

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The 2020 election is likely to be close. Trump's approval rating & GDP growth suggest that he'll win about 49% of the two-party vote, per our modeling. He's clearly competitive, especially when Democrats need to win the popular vote by about ~2.5pts to win the electoral college.
So the "electability" of the candidates is a particular concern for Democrats.

So what do we know about who is more likely to win general elections?
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Jewhadi™
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Oops

Elizabeth Warren is slipping in the polls as NH primary looms bostonherald.com/2019/11/26/eli…
Months after she surged to the top of the heap, U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren has suddenly plummeted, falling behind to a resurgent Joe Biden nationally and Pete Buttigieg and Bernie Sanders in key early contests in Iowa and New Hampshire.
A new nationwide Quinnipiac Poll puts Biden at 24%, while Buttigieg is in second place with 16% and Warren in third at 14%. Warren’s numbers represent a stunning 14% drop over the previous Quinnipiac poll.
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Blank Slate
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#democratic primary: It's 12/1 and just over 2 months to the IA caucuses. So what the heck is going on in this primary that's being conducted in the middle of a constitutional crisis? Well, the bottom line is that young voters are steadier in their preferences than older voters.
Taking @surveyusa polling from Aug-Nov, we see that the 18-34 vote has barely moved for Warren (-1), Pete (+1), Biden (+2) and Harris (-1). For Bernie, there was a big drop of -10 from Aug to Sept, but has since stabilized at 35, highest of any candidate in that demo.
Among 35-49 voters, since Aug, Liz is +2, Pete (0), Bernie (-1), Joe (-5) and Harris (-4). Among 50-64 voters: Warren (+2), Pete (0), Bernie (-1), Biden (-4), Harris (-5). Among 65+: Warren (-13), Pete (+7), Bernie (+2), Joe (-4), Harris (-5).
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