A month ago, Hillary Clinton had a big lead in national and battleground state polls. Today, she has a modest lead at best. A few surveys even show Donald Trump ahead. What happened? Mr. Trump has made gains in unifying his party’s base, while Mrs. Clinton has not done the […] Read more »
Sanders’ Backers Most Likely to Say Election Process Faulty
Neither political party’s supporters think the election process is working as it should, but Democrats who back Bernie Sanders (17%) are less than half as likely as those who prefer Hillary Clinton for the nomination (39%) to feel positively about the process. CONT. Lydia Saad, Gallup Read more »
Do Sanders Supporters Favor His Policies?
… The notion that elections are decided by voters’ carefully weighing competing candidates’ stands on major issues reflects a strong faith in American political culture that citizens can control their government from the voting booth. We call it the “folk theory” of democracy. When candidates surpass expectations, observers caught up […] Read more »
CBS Battleground Tracker Poll: Ohio and Florida show tight races
Quadrennial battlegrounds Ohio and Florida start off as close races as the general election looms, helping describe a 2016 presidential race that looks to be very competitive. Even as partisans appear to be coming into line behind their parties’ likely nominees in these battleground states, many seem to be doing […] Read more »
Clinton’s Lead Over Trump Shrinks to 3 Points: New NBC News/WSJ Poll
Hillary Clinton’s advantage over Donald Trump has narrowed to just three points — resulting in a dead-heat general-election contest with more than five months to go until November, according to a new national NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll. CONT. Mark Murray, NBC News Read more »
A Post-Primary Rally Boosts Trump, Albeit with Challenges Aplenty
A new ABC News/Washington Post poll shows a close contest in presidential election preferences, with Republicans lining up behind Donald Trump as their party’s presumptive nominee while the continued Democratic race is keeping Hillary Clinton’s side more unsettled. CONT. Gary Langer, ABC News Read more »