The explosive first Republican debate has shaken up the 2016 GOP presidential race. Who’s up? Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and businesswoman Carly Fiorina. Who’s down? Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker. The Democratic side’s getting more interesting too, […] Read more »
GOP Debate: Preliminary Data on Who Benefited and Who Didn’t
It has been one week since the Aug. 6 Republican debate, and although this is a very fluid process, some effects of the debate are evident in our tracking of rank-and-file Republicans’ views of the candidates. … It looks like one winner coming out of the debate is former Hewlett-Packard […] Read more »
The huge Republican headache – and it’s not Trump
In an NBC News/Survey Monkey poll conducted the Friday and Saturday following the Republican primary debate in Cleveland, Mr Trump still sits well ahead of the pack with 23% support – up 1% from the previous week’s results. … The real revelation from the NBC poll, however – and what […] Read more »
NBC News/Survey Monkey Poll: Donald Trump Still In The Lead After Debates
If Donald Trump’s comments about Fox News Anchor Megyn Kelly are hurting his standing in the Republican primary, it’s not showing in the numbers. According to the latest NBC News Online Poll conducted by SurveyMonkey, Trump is at the top of the list of GOP candidates that Republican primary voters […] Read more »
As campaign heats up, Republican candidates are rushing to the right
… On social issues ranging from abortion to same-sex marriage, much of the Republican field has now taken positions that are at odds with mainstream American opinion. For example, 3 out of 4 Americans say a woman should be able to obtain a legal abortion if she becomes pregnant as […] Read more »
Carly Fiorina Talks, Iowa Swoons, as Polls Shrug
… Iowa voters are known to fall in love with firebrand candidates and underfunded outsiders, from Pat Buchanan in 1996 to Howard Dean in 2004. And this cycle, Republicans here are starting to swoon over Ms. Fiorina, who is so unknown in national polls that she may not even be […] Read more »