Donald J. Trump’s intensifying battle with his own party is tearing open the nation’s political map, pulling Republicans across the country into a self-destructive feud that could imperil dozens of lawmakers in Congress and potentially throw conservative-leaning states into Hillary Clinton’s column. CONT. Alexander Burns & Jonathan Martin, New York […] Read more »
Women Are Defeating Donald Trump
… But while we’re in something of a wait-and-see mode, one demographic split caught my eye. That was from a Public Religion Research Institute poll conducted on behalf of The Atlantic. It showed a massive gender split, with Clinton trailing Trump by 11 percentage points among men but leading him by […] Read more »
Democrats Maintain Edge as Party ‘More Concerned’ for Latinos
After more than a year of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump making provocative comments about Mexican and Muslim immigrants and Hispanics in general, a new Pew Research Center survey of Hispanics finds their overall attitudes about the Republican and Democratic parties – and levels of political engagement – are not […] Read more »
Post-Debate Poll Shows Clinton Holding 9-Point Lead Over Trump
Hillary Clinton holds a nine-point overall lead over Donald Trump after Sunday’s presidential debate, according to a new NBC News / Wall Street Journal poll. The new numbers indicate that, while Clinton still bests Trump by a significant margin, Trump’s debate performance earned him a slight recovery in his overall […] Read more »
Hillary Clinton opens up a commanding 11-point lead over Donald Trump
Hillary Clinton has opened up a commanding 11-point lead over Donald Trump, finds a new PRRI/The Atlantic Survey—with field dates (October 5-9) spanning the fallout from a tape of Donald Trump making lewd comments about women. … Trump is facing a historic deficit among female voters. Fewer than three in […] Read more »
Early Voting Could Hand Election to Hillary Clinton Well Before Nov. 8
With early voting already underway in many of the states that will decide the presidency, Hillary Clinton is beginning to reap the benefits of years of Democratic efforts to target and register voters, even as Republicans steadily close their disadvantage in party registration. CONT. Jeremy W. Peters, New York Times Read more »