Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are leading their competitors by double digits in Michigan’s March 8 primary, according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist poll. CONT. Mark Murray, NBC News Read more »
Trump is closer to what most Republicans believe than the ‘establishment’ candidates are
On Super Tuesday, Donald Trump continued his surprise series of wins, gaining seven out of the 11 states in play that day. In response, many are asking: Why have establishment candidates had such a hard time in this year’s Republican nomination contest? … To investigate, we have teamed up with […] Read more »
Trump’s Popularity in Context
Donald Trump is broadly unpopular with national adults, more so than any other major candidate of either party. Over the past week (Feb. 26-March 3), Trump was seen favorably by 30% of the country, while twice as many U.S. adults saw the GOP front-runner unfavorably (63%). But none of the […] Read more »
Republicans’ Emerging General-Election Problem With Hispanics
No matter who clinches the Republican presidential nomination, Donald Trump has effectively built a wall compromising the Republican Party’s ability to reach Hispanics. … Donald Trump has proudly reminded audiences during debates and rallies that immigration would not be discussed so much if not for him, but the GOP might […] Read more »
Clinton wins by easing Democratic split; Trump wins by exploiting GOP divisions
… Trump has harnessed and maintained support from an angry GOP electorate, cleaving a party that has rumbled with discontent for years after successive presidential losses. His sweeping victories over opposition from much of the party’s nominal leaders have been both an extension and an exaggeration of the tea party […] Read more »
Hillary Clinton’s Got This
… We’ve now seen 15 states vote in the Democratic contest, and it’s clear that Clinton’s coalition is wider than Sanders’s. Sanders has won only in relatively small states where black voters make up less than 10 percent of the population. That’s not going to work this year when black […] Read more »