How New Hampshire Voted

Regarding the big remaining questions: I will be very curious to see how younger black voters break. If Clinton is currently winning black voters and young Democrats/independents are leaning toward Sanders, I wonder if the assiduous courtship of the #BlackLivesMatter generation will work.

Until tonight, Kasich did not receive much attention as a presidential candidate, which he even joked about early in his “victory” speech (Kasich placed a distant second to Trump). Kasich’s speech was a good example of how unusual his message is in this campaign; he’s really been the only candidate, left or right, to talk about political polarization, saying that all Americans are ultimately in it together. Although such bipartisanship is admirable and might play well in a general election, it may not help Kasich persuade GOP primary voters to back him.

Yeah, there are four people now competing for the not-Trump spot on the Republican side, and IMO the concept of “lanes” has gone to hell. Cruz, Kasich, Bush and Rubio are all in the same lane. That lane is otherwise known as “getting the nomination.” The other big question, on the Democratic side, is what will minority voters do? But we won’t get that answer tonight.