The Poll Numbers That Show Why Mitch McConnell Is Sounding the Alarm

… As the Donald Trump campaign implodes, Mr. McConnell could not care less about his party’s presidential nominee. The thing he cares about is making sure that Republicans focus on supporting his Senate colleagues Kelly Ayotte (N.H.), Richard Burr (N.C.), Ron Johnson (Wis.), Rob Portman (Ind.), Pat Toomey (Pa.), and […] Read more »

Four Takeaways From the Latest Battleground Polls

Seven new battleground polls, seven states where Hillary Clinton holds a lead against Donald Trump. Those are the results from the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist polls, which found Hillary Clinton ahead in Iowa (by four points), Ohio (by five), Florida (by five), North Carolina (by nine), Pennsylvania (by 11), […] Read more »

Poll Shows Bleak Picture for Trump Among Latinos in Battleground States

The latest poll released by NBC/Marist in the battleground states of Colorado and Florida continues to show a bleak picture for Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, among Latino voters ahead of their national party convention in Cleveland, Ohio next week. CONT. Stephen A. Nuño, NBC News Read more »

Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton in tight races in battleground states

Battleground states are called battlegrounds for a reason: They’re often close, and 2016 looks like no exception. Hillary Clinton holds narrow leads over Donald Trump across a number of key states of Florida (up three points, 44 to 41 percent); Colorado (Clinton 40 percent, Trump 39 percent); Wisconsin (Clinton up […] Read more »