The final debate was a very good night for Hillary Clinton. Live dial meter focus groups conducted on behalf of Women’s Voices Women Vote Action Fund reveal Clinton won the night 57 to 26 percent. She achieved this by her clarity of plans and self-confidence, by focus on the middle […] Read more »
Poll Shows Republicans Less Committed to Trump in Defeat
Republican primary voters strongly backed Donald Trump for the presidential nomination, but the party is far less sure if it wants him to lead the GOP if he loses in November. When asked in the latest Bloomberg Politics poll who should be the face of the party nationally in the […] Read more »
Undecided voters react to final debate between Trump and Clinton
CBS News contributor and Republican strategist Frank Luntz invited 26 undecided registered voters from Nevada to take part in a focus group during the final presidential debate. Five of them said they lean toward Hillary Clinton, while five others lean toward Donald Trump. Fifteen of them had no preference before […] Read more »
Donald Trump and the rise of white identity in politics
Many political commentators credit Donald Trump’s rise to white voters’ antipathy toward racial and ethnic minorities. However, we believe this focus on racial resentment obscures another important aspect of racial thinking. In a study of white Americans’ attitudes and candidate preferences, we found that Trump’s success reflects the rise of […] Read more »
Clinton Probably Finished Off Trump Last Night
I’m not sure I need to tell you this, but Hillary Clinton is probably going to be the next president. It’s just a question of what “probably” means. Clinton went into the final presidential debate on Wednesday with a lead of about 7 percentage points over Donald Trump. And according […] Read more »
New Electoral College Ratings Favor Clinton
With less than three weeks to go in election 2016 it is clear that Trump has abandoned any precept of fighting for persuadable voters. Instead, as he showed in every debate including the third and final one last night, Trump is all about stoking and stroking his base. Polling since […] Read more »