Steve Kornacki
National Political Correspondent for NBC News and MSNBC. I'll be deep in the cold, cold ground before this account has a blue check mark. Instagram: steve01450
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Four-Way Fight in Dem Primary
Granite State voters divided on whether all Dems have equal voice in nomination
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Monmouth NH Dem poll
Buttigieg 20%
Biden 19%
Sanders 18%
Warren 15%
Klobuchar 6%
Gabbard 4%
Steyer 4%
Yang 3%
Bennet 2%
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Van Drew party switch imminent
A party switch by Rep. Jeff Van Drew is imminent. According to several high-level sources with ties to Van Drew who spoke on the condition of anonymity,
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Steve Kornacki
“Van Drew’s chief of staff has begun notifying the right-of-center Democrat’s campaign and congressional staffs that the first-term congressman will join the Republican Party.”
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Dean Couldn’t. Hart Wouldn’t. Should Warren and Buttigieg Change Tactics?
College-educated, affluent white voters often rally behind the Democratic presidential candidate who finishes second. We asked previous runners-up and their top aides if they had advice for how to do what their campaigns couldn’t: win.
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Terrific look at the history of futility that -- with the major exception of Barack Obama -- has defined "wine track" Dems
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Primary history lessons that Joe Biden may not want to hear
Analysis: What happens in the early states, where the former VP is trailing, offers clues about how the nomination might turn out.
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Joe Biden has a steady lead nationally and in SC. But he trails in IA and NH. What happens if he loses both?
Here’s my look at the history, including 2 cases (‘84 and ‘16) w/ particularly encouraging parallels for Biden, and one (‘04) that looms ominously
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Warren and Biden lose ground, Sanders moves ahead in California's shifting 2020 Democratic race
Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg rise in a poll of California Democratic primary voters. Mike Bloomberg is the most unpopular candidate in the field.
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California Dem WH poll (LAT/UC Berkeley)
Sanders 24%
Warren 22%
Biden 14%
Buttigieg 12%
Harris 7%
(Poll taken 11/21-27, before Harris withdrawal)
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New Marquette Law School Poll finds shifts in Wisconsin public opinion favorable to President Trump on impeachment and presidential election preferences | Marquette Law School Poll
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Here's the new Marquette Law Wisconsin poll:
Trump 47%
Biden 44%
Trump 48%
Sanders 45%
Trump 48%
Warren 43%
Trump 47%
Buttigieg 39%
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There Are Two Rhodes Scholars Running For President. Only One Gets Mentioned.
Media outlets mention that Pete Buttigieg was a Rhodes scholar far more often than they mention that Cory Booker was one too.
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My guess is a lot of this has to do with Buttigieg being treated as new to the national scene. I can remember Booker getting a ton of national attention in '02 when he first ran for mayor and his Rhodes Scholar background being a staple of coverage.
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The Sexism Is Getting Sneakier
Is Elizabeth Warren overly “angry”? The media are just asking questions.
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Steve Kornacki
This piece argues that attacks on Warren as "angry" are a form of sexism that seeks "to tap into the dark and ugly history in which the anger displayed by a woman is assumed to compromise her."
While reading it, I had a recurring thought though...
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Michael Bloomberg Is Expected to File for the Alabama 2020 Presidential Primary
Mr. Bloomberg is actively preparing to enter the Democratic presidential primary and is expected to file paperwork this week designating himself as a candidate in at least one state.
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The big splash late entry: Gary Hart ‘87, Steve Forbes ‘95, Wes Clark ‘03, Fred Thompson ‘07, Rick Perry ‘11...Mike Bloomberg ‘19?
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Why these Kentucky Democrats still love President Trump
Eastern Kentucky is the land that partisan political sorting forgot. Its old-time Democrats voted against Mitch McConnell – but for President Trump.
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A few months ago, @StoryHinckley wrote this terrific piece on a 7-county region in rural eastern Kentucky that is culturally conservative but historically aligned with the Dem Party. Trump won all 7 counties in '16. Beshear won back 5 of them last night
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One Year From Election, Trump Trails Biden but Leads Warren in Battlegrounds
Signs that the president’s advantage in the Electoral College has persisted or even increased since 2016.
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NYT/Siena poll of six key battlegrounds: PA, MI, WI, FL, AZ, NC
Among registered voters, Biden narrowly leads Trump in four of them, Sanders in three, Warren in one.
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The State of the 2020 Democratic Primary
On a daily basis, Morning Consult is surveying over 5,000 registered voters on the 2020 presidential election. Each week, we'll update this page with the latest survey data, offering an in-depth guide to how the race for the Democratic nomination is...
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Post-debate national Dem poll from Morning Consult:
Biden 31%
Warren 21%
Sanders 18%
Harris 7%
Buttigieg 6%
Yang 3%
Booker 2%
Klobuchar 2%
O'Rourke 2%
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QU Poll Release Detail
Warren 30%, Biden 27%, Sanders 11% In Dem Primary, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Opinion On Impeachment, Trump Approval Barely Budge
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New Quinnipiac national Dem poll
Warren 30%
Biden 27%
Sanders 11%
Buttigieg 8%
Harris 4%
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Impeachment Support Up Slightly But Trump Job Rating Steady
Most say request for investigation of political foe is inappropriate
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Monmouth poll
Do you think Trump should be impeached and compelled to leave presidency?
NOW
Yes 44%
No 52%
LAST MONTH
Yes 35%
No 59%
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Do you think it’s a good idea or bad idea for impeachment inquiry?
NOW
Good 49%
Bad 43%
LAST MONTH
Good 41%
Bad 51%
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4 key questions about the political fallout from the Trump impeachment inquiry
Democrats, Republicans and the president enter uncharted territory as the 2020 race heats up.
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4 questions I have about the political fallout as Dems embrace an impeachment inquiry
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Dem Primary in Flux
Many see no need to choose between electability and issue alignment
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New Monmouth NH Dem poll
Warren 27%
Biden 25%
Sanders 12%
Buttigieg 10%
Harris 3%
Booker 2%
Klobuchar 2%
Gabbard 2%
Steyer 2%
Yang 2%
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How Donald Trump Won America’s Most Racially Diverse Rural County
How Donald Trump won America’smost racially diverse rural county Meet the Native American Indian tribe that helped deliver victory to the GOP candidate By Daniel Allott PEMBROKE, N.C.—The conventional wisdom during the presidential campaign held...
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Steve Kornacki
One final thing: I'm seeing suspicious chatter about the big shift to the GOP in Robeson County. But I don't find it implausible. Robeson has very unique demographics and if you read up on the culture and politics of the Lumbee Tribe it may make sense
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Watch this race and see if Trump's coalition falls apart
The special election takes place Tuesday in a district that the president won by double digits in 2016.
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Steve Kornacki
I wrote about NC-9 and the “canary in the coal mine” special election that signaled the vulnerability of the last one-term president back in 1991
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Biden campaign says Iowa is not a must-win state
Biden advisers say they’ve laid the groundwork in early states but “are now ramping up for Super Tuesday and beyond."
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I don't think Biden has to win Iowa, but the danger of losing it - especially to Warren or Sanders - is that it could lead to another loss in NH. And no modern nominee from either party has lost both (except Clinton in '92, which doesn't really count...)
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