Bernie Sanders, facing a virtually insurmountable climb to win the Democratic nomination through pledged delegates, has turned to trying to convince superdelegates that he is more electable. Sanders is doing this by pointing at current polling which does indeed show him performing stronger against Donald Trump or the other Republicans […] Read more »
CNN poll: Americans agree Clinton and Trump headed for a faceoff
Americans don’t agree on much in politics these days, but a new poll finds broad majorities in agreement that the front-runners for the Republican and Democratic nominations for president will wind up the winners in the end. CONT. Jennifer Agiesta, CNN Read more »
Trump Leads Cruz by 15 Points in Crucial Indiana Race
Donald Trump holds a 15-point lead over Ted Cruz in the potentially decisive May 3 presidential primary race in Indiana, according to results from a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist poll. … In the Hoosier State’s Democratic contest, Hillary Clinton leads Bernie Sanders by just four points, 50 percent to […] Read more »
In Democratic nomination race, psychology lags reality
The Democratic nomination race hasn’t been competitive for over a month: Hillary Clinton has an insurmountable delegate lead. But what’s remarkable is that the psychology of Democratic voters and most media outlets is detached from the reality of the math: Bernie Sanders’s share of the vote doesn’t seem to be […] Read more »
Donald Trump is trying hard to woo Bernie Sanders supporters, but it probably won’t work
Donald Trump appears to be making a concerted effort to reach out to supporters of Bernie Sanders, in the way that Trump makes concerted efforts to do anything: He’s talking about it a lot. … So how likely is it that Sanders’s supporters will jump to Trump in a general […] Read more »
Gender Considerations Cause Voters to Favor Democratic Candidates
Although Americans routinely tell pollsters they’re ready to elect a woman, it remains an open question whether gender is playing a role in shaping candidate preferences in the 2016 contest. The most recent national survey of registered voters from Fairleigh Dickinson University’s PublicMind finds evidence that gender does indeed affect […] Read more »