Jonathan Bernstein, Columnist

In New Hampshire, a Third-Place Finish Could Still Be a ‘Win’

There’s victory at the polls, and then victory in the press.

February 10, 2020 at 12:41 PM UTC

Jonathan Bernstein is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering politics. A former professor of political science at the University of Texas at San Antonio, he wrote A Plain Blog About Politics.

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Here’s a guess for you: Things have now aligned to make the “winner” of the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday … whichever candidate finishes third. And that’s not entirely crazy.