Voters delivered a consistent message during this primary season about what they thought was the most important issue facing the country: the economy and jobs. This was the issue named as most important in all states to date except Vermont where the economy/jobs tied with income inequality. Tuesday, the majority […] Read more »
Wrapping up a Wild Ride: A 2016 Exit Poll Review
What was that all about? “That” is the wild ride of the 2016 primary season, and ABC News exit polls conducted across the primaries provide illuminating answers. For Republicans, it was about demand for an outsider fueled by profound disenchantment with economic and political conditions. For the Democrats, a deep […] Read more »
Exit Poll: Trump Shows Cruz the Door; Sanders Shows Clinton a Fight
Donald Trump relied on the underpinning of his presidential campaign – his strong appeal as a political outsider – to show Ted Cruz the door in their long battle, while Bernie Sanders showed Hillary Clinton that he’s still game for a fight. CONT. Gary Langer & Gregory Holyk, ABC News Read more »
The Mythology Of Trump’s ‘Working Class’ Support
It’s been extremely common for news accounts to portray Donald Trump’s candidacy as a “working-class” rebellion against Republican elites. … But the definition of “working class” and similar terms is fuzzy, and narratives like these risk obscuring an important and perhaps counterintuitive fact about Trump’s voters: As compared with most […] Read more »
Ted Cruz May Be Too Conservative To Stop Trump
… Cruz’s base has been concentrated among “very conservative” voters. And those voters are far from a majority within the Republican Party. Even in the Deep South state of Mississippi, “very conservative” voters made up only 47 percent of Republican voters in this year’s primary. Cruz’s average share among “very […] Read more »
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump score big wins in Northeast primaries
… Results from the CBS News exit polls in Connecticut, Maryland, and Pennsylvania show Trump may be broadening his support in the Republican primaries. He still draws stronger support from less well-educated voters, men, and older voters, but he is now showing strength among a more diverse range of Republican […] Read more »