Sixty percent of Americans approve of the job John Kerry is doing as secretary of state, while 31% disapprove. His job approval rating eclipses those of President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden. [cont.] Jeffrey M. Jones, Gallup Read more »
2016 Presidential Contender Word Clouds
A Monmouth University Poll released on August 5, 2013, asked American voters to say the first word or phrase that came to mind when they heard the names of five potential candidates for president in 2016 — Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, Chris Christie, Jeb Bush, and Marco Rubio. The following […] Read more »
The Hillary and Joe Show
While many people profess to being sick of politics and politicians, it’s odd how quickly many of them will jump into a conversation about 2016 presidential politics: whether Hillary Clinton will, or should, run for president; whether Republicans can get their party back together and repositioned in time; and even […] Read more »
Hillary Clinton Is Still Popular, More So Than Obama, Biden
Though currently she is — at least temporarily — out of political life, former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton continues to enjoy a strong favorability rating, now 64%. Americans view Clinton more favorably than the president and vice president, as well as Clinton’s successor, Secretary of State John Kerry. […] Read more »
Joe Biden: The Unlikely Underdog
When vice presidents seek their party’s nomination, they win. The last failed veep candidacy was in 1952 …. Since then, vice presidents Richard Nixon, Hubert Humphrey, Walter Mondale, George H.W. Bush, and Al Gore all successfully won their party’s nomination—often comfortably. … That should make Vice President Joe Biden well […] Read more »
2016 Heirs Apparent
For the second presidential election in a row, Democrats have an obvious “heir apparent” for the nomination, while Republicans, for the third election in a row, have a crowded field with no obvious first choice candidate. In the olden days, it was Democrats who had the messy and unpredictable primaries, […] Read more »