What Went Down On Super Tuesday

What do we know about the ideological composition of the electorate today? Well, the states with the largest share of “very liberal” voters are Maine and Vermont, according to preliminary exit polls, while Virginia and Oklahoma have the smallest share of those voters. But Texas has the most voters who describe themselves as “conservative,” alongside other Southern states.

Perry, that Vanity Fair report is interesting. While the top tier of the Bloomberg campaign is filled with a lot of long-term advisors, he also hired are a lot of Democratic operatives who worked for other campaigns, and I’m betting there’s a feeling among those people that the field should be a coalescing if Bloomberg isn’t viable after tonight.

In late January, I asked Democratic voters age 30 and over about why they backed the candidates they did. Biden voters were more likely to cite electability than backers of any other major Democratic candidate.