Americans express far more alarm about the influence of money in politics than the fact that another Bush and Clinton are running for the White House, a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll finds. CONT. Patrick O’Connor, Wall Street Journal Read more »
Voters Pick Top Concerns About 2016 Election
American voters say their top concerns about the upcoming presidential election are wealthy individuals and corporations who might have too much influence who over wins, as well as campaigns that spend more time on negative attacks than proposing solutions, according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll. CONT. Mark […] Read more »
The Second Roundtable on the White Working Class
Welcome to the second white working class roundtable, a project of The Democratic Strategist in collaboration with the Washington Monthly. … The present White working class roundtable is organized around a provocative strategy paper by leading opinion analyst Stan Greenberg that is entitled “The Fight for Working People Begins with […] Read more »
The Average Joe’s Proviso
Democrats cannot win big or consistently enough, deep enough down the ticket or broadly enough in the states, unless they run much stronger with white working-class and downscale voters. That includes running better with white working-class swing voters, of course. But it also includes winning more decisively with white unmarried […] Read more »
Americans say money has too much influence in campaigns
As the 2016 presidential race begins, 84 percent of Americans think money has too much influence in political campaigns now. Criticism of the role of money cuts across party lines – large majorities of Republicans, Democrats, and independents all think money has too much influence. CONT. CBS News Read more »
Why 2016 candidates may not know when they’re beaten
Republicans have a problem for 2016: Too much money. … In previous races, candidates who didn’t do well in the early primaries would see their fund raising dry up. That would force them to drop out of the race. In 2016, however, money flowing in from billionaire supporters will keep […] Read more »