Seventy percent of Americans say they feel frustrated about this year’s presidential election, including roughly equal proportions of Democrats and Republicans, according to a recent national poll conducted by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. More than half feel helpless and a similar percent are angry. … Americans […] Read more »
The System Isn’t ‘Rigged’ Against Sanders
… As Sanders fans claim that the Democratic primary system is rigged against their candidate and that Sanders wins when turnout is higher, they fail to point out that Sanders has benefited tremendously from low-turnout caucuses. Indeed, if all the caucuses were primaries, Clinton would be winning the Democratic nomination […] Read more »
Bernie Sanders, Eyeing Convention, Willing to Harm Hillary Clinton in the Homestretch
Defiant and determined to transform the Democratic Party, Senator Bernie Sanders is opening a two-month phase of his presidential campaign aimed at inflicting a heavy blow on Hillary Clinton in California and amassing enough leverage to advance his agenda at the convention in July — or even wrest the nomination […] Read more »
Indiana May Be #NeverTrump’s Last Stand
Donald Trump’s romp through the Northeast corridor last week shattered all expectations. It also positions Indiana’s contest on Tuesday as a desperate last stand for Ted Cruz and the #NeverTrump movement. … Indiana will award 30 delegates to the statewide winner and three to the winner of each of its […] Read more »
Why the GOP Could Leave Cleveland Even More Fractured Than Before the Convention
A majority of Republican primary voters believe that if no candidate wins enough delegates to secure the nomination before the convention, the candidate with the most votes in the primaries should be the nominee, rather than letting convention delegates choose, Wall Street Journal/NBC News polling found this month. … In […] Read more »
In Democratic nomination race, psychology lags reality
The Democratic nomination race hasn’t been competitive for over a month: Hillary Clinton has an insurmountable delegate lead. But what’s remarkable is that the psychology of Democratic voters and most media outlets is detached from the reality of the math: Bernie Sanders’s share of the vote doesn’t seem to be […] Read more »