Businessman Donald Trump continues to gain ground in the race for the Republican nomination. What’s more, the number of GOP primary voters saying they would at least consider backing Trump has more than doubled in the last two months. Meanwhile, support for Democratic frontrunner former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton […] Read more »
Among Republicans, GOP Candidates Better Known Than Liked
The GOP presidential field, already 16 candidates strong and brimming with controversy, features a large number of contenders who are familiar to Republicans nationwide. Donald Trump leads the pack as the best-known candidate, at 92%. However, the best-known candidates, Trump and Jeb Bush, are not the best-liked. That distinction goes […] Read more »
A New Poll Shows the Contours of the GOP Field
… There are as many ways to look at the unfolding Republican presidential race as there are people thinking about it, but one common thread is that the fight will come down to one candidate from the more conventional, mainstream side of the GOP and another from the more conservative, […] Read more »
Fox News Poll: Reshuffling of GOP field, many agree with Trump on immigration
The latest Fox News national poll finds another reshuffling in the race for the 2016 Republican nomination, as Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker gets a post-announcement bump and businessman Donald Trump claims more of the spotlight. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton still dominates the Democratic race. Yet the poll also […] Read more »
Trump leads the GOP field but falters against Clinton
Donald Trump has surged to the top of a crowded Republican presidential field, a USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll finds, but the brash billionaire is also the weakest competitor among the top seven GOP candidates against Democrat Hillary Clinton. CONT. Susan Page & Erin Raftery, USA Today Read more »
Bush, Trump rising nationally for GOP, but both trail Clinton
With nearly all of the expected 2016 presidential candidates formally in the race, a new CNN/ORC national poll finds two recent entrants to the GOP field on the rise, while Hillary Clinton maintains her position atop the Democratic field, though holding a slightly slimmer lead. CONT. Jennifer Agiesta, CNN Read more »