… It is hard to underestimate the degree to which the average American associates Clinton with a single word: “email.” For the most part, this association is negative, not positive. We found that “email” was by far the most frequently used word when we asked Americans what they had read […] Read more »
Post-ABC Tracking Poll finds race tied, as Trump opens up an 8-point edge on honesty
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are tied in the new Washington Post-ABC News Tracking Poll which finds Trump now holds an edge on which candidate is honest and trustworthy. CONT. Scott Clement & Emily Guskin, Washington Post Read more »
House: GOP Majority Looks Assured, but Margin in Doubt
The presidential race may be inducing whiplash, but the House battleground remains relatively stable in the final week. We rate only 40 House races in Lean or Toss Up, and Democrats would need to sweep 35 of them to win control, so Republicans remain overwhelming favorites to hold onto their […] Read more »
Bloomberg Politics/Purple Slice online poll: Clinton Narrowly Beats Trump With Independents
Hillary Clinton holds a slim advantage with independents, a group Republican Mitt Romney won by five percentage points in 2012, with almost half the voters in the crucial bloc saying renewed scrutiny of her e-mail won’t impact their vote. CONT. John McCormick, Bloomberg Politics Read more »
Poll gives Clinton wide lead in Florida, with strong GOP support
Democrat Hillary Clinton enjoys an eight-point lead over Donald Trump in Florida, a key presidential battleground, according to a new survey, and that’s due in no small part to significant crossover support from 28 percent of early voting Republicans. The poll, by TargetSmart, a political data firm, and the College […] Read more »
Behind 2016’s Turmoil, a Crisis of White Identity
Call it the crisis of whiteness. White anxiety has fueled this year’s political tumult in the West: Britain’s surprising vote to exit the European Union, Donald J. Trump’s unexpected capture of the Republican presidential nomination in the United States, the rise of right-wing nationalism in Norway, Hungary, Austria and Greece. […] Read more »