The background music of my life is the steady drumbeat of tweets about how Hillary Clinton stole the presidential primary from Bernie Sanders. … The allegations are remarkably consistent. They go like this: Mr. Sanders did better in the early exit polls than he did in the final result. Therefore, […] Read more »
Why the remain campaign lost the Brexit vote
To many people around the world, the United Kingdom’s vote, on Thursday, to quit the European Union came as a great shock. But the result, with fifty-two per cent of voters in favor leaving the E.U., shouldn’t have been such a surprise. … The Guardian has published some telling charts […] Read more »
How the United Kingdom voted on Thursday … and why
The UK has voted to leave the European Union. On referendum day I surveyed 12,369 people after they had voted to help explain the result – who voted for which outcome, and what lay behind their decision. CONT. Lord Ashcroft Read more »
Postelection California Poll: Sanders voters look for concessions from Clinton, but most will support her
More than 6 in 10 Bernie Sanders voters in California already have decided to side with Hillary Clinton in the fall — albeit most of them with reservations — and many of the rest said they might support her if she adopted some of his policies and received his endorsement, […] Read more »
There Are More White Voters Than People Think. That’s Good News for Trump.
… New analysis by The Upshot shows that millions more white, older working-class voters went to the polls in 2012 than was found by exit polls on Election Day. This raises the prospect that Mr. Trump has a larger pool of potential voters than generally believed. The wider path may […] Read more »
How Hillary Clinton overcame the challenge from Sen. Bernie Sanders
Hillary Clinton now has enough delegates to win the Democratic presidential nomination, a new Associated Press tally shows. Here’s how Mrs. Clinton overcame the challenge from Sen. Bernie Sanders, according to exit polls. CONT. Aaron Zitner, Dante Chinni & Brian McGill, Wall Street Journal Read more »