Less than three months before the kick-off Iowa caucuses, there is growing anxiety bordering on panic among Republican elites about the dominance and durability of Donald Trump and Ben Carson and widespread bewilderment over how to defeat them. … According to other Republicans, some in the party establishment are so […] Read more »
Texas: Cruz, Trump Tied; Clinton Well Ahead
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz and businessman Donald Trump are in a dead heat for the Republican presidential nomination in Texas, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll. … Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is the first choice of 61 percent of Texas Democrats, building on her earlier […] Read more »
Both Parties Have Equal Chance to Win White House
It’s a mismatch — and an even match. Oddly, a year before Election Day, both accurately describe the 2016 race for the American presidency. Republicans and Democrats approach the contest in radically different circumstances, but with roughly equal opportunities to succeed President Obama, polling, analysts and recent electoral history suggest. […] Read more »
Donald Trump, Marco Rubio Won GOP Debate, WSJ/Google Internet Poll Finds
Donald Trump and Marco Rubio won Tuesday’s night primetime Republican debate, according to an overnight poll of Internet users who watched the contest, but Mr. Trump came out as the favorite among Republicans and left the best impression about his ability to serve as president. … The poll was conducted […] Read more »
Frank Luntz Focus Group Reacts to Fox Business GOP Debate
During a live post-debate “Kelly File,” Frank Luntz talked to a focus group of New Hampshire Republican voters about their reaction to the Fox Business Network-Wall Street Journal GOP debate. CONT. Fox News Read more »
Trump’s Image Among Republicans Slips Again Ahead of Debate
Donald Trump will be standing at the high-status middle podium at tonight’s GOP debate in Milwaukee, but he will do so with an image among Republicans that is almost as low as it has been since we began tracking the candidates in July. CONT. Frank Newport, Gallup Read more »