Americans increasingly favor tougher gun laws by margins that have grown wider after a steady drumbeat of shootings in recent months, but they also are pessimistic that change will happen anytime soon, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll. CONT. Lisa Marie Pane & Ryan J. Foley, AP Read more »
How the 2016 Presidential Race Defies all the Rules and Remains Competitive
Until about a year ago when I told people what I do for a living, I got one of two responses – a blank stare or a prediction about the 2016 election. Now, I usually just get a three letter response and I’m pretty sure they don’t stand for “Wow, […] Read more »
Views on Experience vs. Outsider Status Pose a Potential Challenge for Trump
Americans prefer experience to outsider status in the next president and also give it a higher priority in an ABC News/Washington Post poll, a potential challenge for Donald Trump as he builds toward the general election campaign. … The poll also finds broad agreement that the next president should focus […] Read more »
Muslims, Mexicans, guns, gays and God
It’s not just Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton who are so different from each other. On the eve of back-to-back political conventions, Republicans and Democrats across the land see their neighbors, their country and their world through very different eyes, according to a new McClatchy-Marist Poll. Muslims, Mexicans, guns, gays […] Read more »
Creating a down-ballot Democratic wave
On Friday, Democracy Corps released our most recent national survey showing Hillary Clinton with an 11-point lead over Donald Trump (48 to 37 percent, with 8 percent for the Libertarian). Importantly, it showed the Democrats with an 8-point lead in the named congressional ballot (49 to 41 percent), something we […] Read more »
Will guns be a wedge issue in November?
… Ultimately, the importance of guns as an electoral issue rests on the answers to two related questions: Will more voters this year use an incumbent’s record on gun-control legislation to decide how to vote in November? And will those voters who place a greater importance on limiting guns make […] Read more »