In the run-up to this election season, The Party Decides seemed to be on every political science nerd’s reading list. The 2008 book by political scientists Marty Cohen, David Karol, Hans Noel, and John Zaller laid out how the invisible primary — party elites’ behind-the-scenes machinations before primary season — […] Read more »
A Tale of Two Elections: Clinton’s 2016 Primary Performance Versus 2008
One striking aspect of the Democratic primary race was the stark role-reversal in Hillary Clinton’s 2016 performance compared with her narrow loss to Barack Obama in 2008’s Democratic nomination battle. Whereas she ran against Obama in 2008, she positioned herself as his successor at every turn during her race against […] Read more »
Clinton maintains lead after claiming nomination
With the presidential primary season now officially at a close, Hillary Clinton (43 percent) holds a six-point lead over Donald Trump (37 percent) – the same margin she led Trump by a month ago. Most of the interviewing for the poll was conducted before the mass shooting in Orlando, Florida […] Read more »
Postelection California Poll: Sanders voters look for concessions from Clinton, but most will support her
More than 6 in 10 Bernie Sanders voters in California already have decided to side with Hillary Clinton in the fall — albeit most of them with reservations — and many of the rest said they might support her if she adopted some of his policies and received his endorsement, […] Read more »
Heartburn Over Sanders and Trump
Two of the most pressing questions in American politics right now are whether and how Bernie Sanders will make things difficult for Hillary Clinton in the coming weeks, and how much of a problem Donald Trump will be for Republican candidates down the ballot. Any Democrat not worried about the […] Read more »
Will Bernie Sanders supporters rally behind Hillary Clinton now? Here’s what we know.
Hillary Clinton’s declaration of victory this week has officially set in motion the effort to mend the wounds of a sometimes bitter primary contest. Party leaders hoping that Sen. Bernie Sanders’s backers will support Clinton this fall have at least one reason for optimism: There are apparently fewer hard feelings […] Read more »