02-25-2020, 04:13 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-25-2020, 04:19 PM by Eric the Green.)
Because the first 4 "retail politics" states vet the candidates better than the mass media states that follow, and provide the momentum from which candidates are nominated or not.
Also, there's the national polling average:
Democratic Presidential Nomination
Sanders28.8
Biden17.4
Bloomberg14.8
Warren13.0
Buttigieg10.2
Klobuchar5.6
Steyer2.4
Gabbard1.8
Sanders +11.4
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/elections/2020/
Polls show him leading or tied for the lead in many super tuesday states, though mostly not by the Nevada margin.
Sanders is the front runner. Debate tonight; we'll see how he does as front runner with the lances out for him, and whether Bloomberg is any better than the worst debate performance since Dan Quayle.
Just to clarify, about 100,000 Nevada Democrats or Democratic voters voted IIRC. The 14,000 are the county convention delegates that were chosen, who choose the national convention delegates (probably automatically according to the results of the caucus).
Also, there's the national polling average:
Democratic Presidential Nomination
Sanders28.8
Biden17.4
Bloomberg14.8
Warren13.0
Buttigieg10.2
Klobuchar5.6
Steyer2.4
Gabbard1.8
Sanders +11.4
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/elections/2020/
Polls show him leading or tied for the lead in many super tuesday states, though mostly not by the Nevada margin.
Sanders is the front runner. Debate tonight; we'll see how he does as front runner with the lances out for him, and whether Bloomberg is any better than the worst debate performance since Dan Quayle.
Just to clarify, about 100,000 Nevada Democrats or Democratic voters voted IIRC. The 14,000 are the county convention delegates that were chosen, who choose the national convention delegates (probably automatically according to the results of the caucus).