By steadily increasing his support in national polls to the point where it now essentially equals Hillary Clinton’s, Bernie Sanders has crossed a threshold that few other challengers to a heavily favored front-runner have ever reached. But those gains still leave him facing a steep uphill climb to overcome her […] Read more »
Unpopularity Contest: Poll Shows Grim Outlook for 2016 Winner
As the American public views the 2016 presidential campaign, it’s seeing many more flaws than strengths, according to results from a new national NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll. Nearly seven-in-10 registered voters say they couldn’t see themselves supporting Republican frontrunner Donald Trump; 61 percent say they couldn’t back fellow Republican […] Read more »
CBS/YouGov: Clinton keeps New York edge, leads Sanders in California
Hillary Clinton leads Bernie Sanders in New York, 53 percent to 43 percent, in a state widely considered crucial to both campaigns. The shape of this race hasn’t changed much from recent primaries as Clinton still trails Sanders on measures like being seen as “authentic” and in understanding people, but […] Read more »
The Popular 2016 Candidates Aren’t the Ones Leading the Pack
The only popular candidates for president in 2016 have one thing in common: They’re not winning. Only two remaining White House hopefuls in the latest NBC News/ Wall Street Journal poll enjoy a net positive rating among registered voters : Ohio Republican Gov. John Kasich and Democratic candidate Sen. Bernie […] Read more »
Clinton, Sanders, and the Myth of a Monolithic ‘Black Vote’
Many believe that Bernie Sanders will lose the Democratic primary to Hillary Clinton in part because he cannot galvanize “the black vote.” … Ultimately, the idea of a black vote is getting in the way of a more accurate understanding of where significantly different segments of the population are headed, […] Read more »
To the Sanders Campaign, Some Voters Do Seem to Be More Equal Than Others
To those of us who made our bones in the Democratic politics of the 1980s and the 1990s, the arguments between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton about the future of the Democratic Party and the mechanics of winning general elections sound familiar, with one camp obsessed with white swing voters, […] Read more »