• Biden wins South Carolina, hopes for Super Tuesday momentum

    Biden wins South Carolina, hopes for Super Tuesday momentum

    Mar 01, 2020 12:16 AM EDT

    ... 60% of the votes cast by African Americans. He also did well with older voters, women, moderates and conservatives and regular churchgoers, according to AP VoteCast. Sanders earned the support of roughly 15% of African American voters, while billionaire businessman Tom Steyer won 16%. There was also evidence that Biden ...

  • Sanders' bond with Latinos gets first test of many in Nevada

    Sanders' bond with Latinos gets first test of many in Nevada

    Feb 15, 2020 08:29 PM EDT

    ... In 2018, Latinos comprised about 11% of the Democratic electorate. About two-thirds of Latino voters backed Democratic candidates in the midterms, according to AP VoteCast, a national survey of voters in that election. And though Sanders' team believes its candidate has forged a bond with Latinos, polls show they ...

  • Can Klobuchar capitalize on her third-place finish in New Hampshire?

    Can Klobuchar capitalize on her third-place finish in New Hampshire?

    Feb 12, 2020 04:47 PM EDT

    ... biggest impact on her showing Tuesday. More than half of Klobuchar's supporters made up their minds in the last few days, according to AP VoteCast, a survey of more than 3,000 Democratic primary voters in New Hampshire conducted for The Associated Press by NORC at the University of ...

  • Sanders' narrow win ups pressure on moderates to coalesce

    Sanders' narrow win ups pressure on moderates to coalesce

    Feb 12, 2020 01:15 PM EDT

    There are also indications in voter surveys that Democrats are looking for a moderate candidate to step in. According to AP VoteCast, a majority of voters in both Iowa and New Hampshire self-identified as moderate or conservative ideologically. Roughly 2 in 10 said they were “somewhat liberal” and about ...

  • Polls close in New Hampshire; results could cull Dem field

    Polls close in New Hampshire; results could cull Dem field

    Feb 12, 2020 12:09 AM EDT

    ... in 10 said they were "very confident" that their party's process for choosing a presidential nominee was fair, according to a wide-ranging AP VoteCast survey. At the same time, nearly 8 in 10 also viewed the economy as unfair, although there was little consensus on which candidate would ...

  • After Iowa, many New Hampshire Dems worry about fairness

    After Iowa, many New Hampshire Dems worry about fairness

    Feb 12, 2020 12:00 AM EDT

    ... process was fair, while about 4 in 10 were not confident about the fairness of the primaries and caucuses, according to preliminary results from AP VoteCast. AP VoteCast is a wide-ranging survey of more than 3,000 Democratic primary voters in New Hampshire conducted for The Associated Press by ...

  • WATCH: Special coverage of the New Hampshire primary

    WATCH: Special coverage of the New Hampshire primary

    Feb 10, 2020 08:23 PM EDT

    ... while Sanders would be the oldest. And they draw their support from dramatically different groups of voters. In Iowa's opening contest last week, Sanders won the support of 56% of voters under the age of 30, according to AP VoteCast. Overall, seven in 10 Sanders' voters were under 45.

  • Democratic voters still have doubts about choosing a woman as their nominee

    Democratic voters still have doubts about choosing a woman as their nominee

    Feb 10, 2020 07:36 PM EDT

    ... Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. Women were only slightly more likely than men to back one of the three women in the race, according to AP VoteCast, a survey of more than 3,000 Iowa voters. Most Iowa Democrats said it was important for a woman to be president in their ...

  • WATCH: Majority of Iowa caucus results expected by day's end

    WATCH: Majority of Iowa caucus results expected by day's end

    Feb 04, 2020 06:47 PM EDT

    ... significant role in shaping Iowa's election. About one-quarter of all voters reported that they were caucusing for the first time, according to AP VoteCast, a survey of voters who said they planned to take part in Monday's Democratic caucuses. The first-timers were slightly more likely to ...

  • Amy Walter and David Yepsen on Iowa caucus trends

    Amy Walter and David Yepsen on Iowa caucus trends

    Feb 04, 2020 02:55 AM EDT

    ... of the electorate do they make up? And how are they dividing themselves among the candidates? And so what we had seen and -- from the VoteCast system is, among the very liberal voters, for example -- and I don't know if we're able to bring that up -- but among ...