After more than a year of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump making provocative comments about Mexican and Muslim immigrants and Hispanics in general, a new Pew Research Center survey of Hispanics finds their overall attitudes about the Republican and Democratic parties – and levels of political engagement – are not […] Read more »
Post-Debate Poll Shows Clinton Holding 9-Point Lead Over Trump
Hillary Clinton holds a nine-point overall lead over Donald Trump after Sunday’s presidential debate, according to a new NBC News / Wall Street Journal poll. The new numbers indicate that, while Clinton still bests Trump by a significant margin, Trump’s debate performance earned him a slight recovery in his overall […] Read more »
Hillary Clinton opens up a commanding 11-point lead over Donald Trump
Hillary Clinton has opened up a commanding 11-point lead over Donald Trump, finds a new PRRI/The Atlantic Survey—with field dates (October 5-9) spanning the fallout from a tape of Donald Trump making lewd comments about women. … Trump is facing a historic deficit among female voters. Fewer than three in […] Read more »
Early Voting Could Hand Election to Hillary Clinton Well Before Nov. 8
With early voting already underway in many of the states that will decide the presidency, Hillary Clinton is beginning to reap the benefits of years of Democratic efforts to target and register voters, even as Republicans steadily close their disadvantage in party registration. CONT. Jeremy W. Peters, New York Times Read more »
Debate Was Like Trench Warfare Which Benefits Clinton
Lincoln-Douglas this was not. In fact, the debate Sunday night between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump was ugly, angry and soul-crushing. It was less a forum for undecided voters than a grudge match between two people who really, really don’t like each other. At the end of the day, however, […] Read more »
The Second Debate Probably Didn’t Help Trump, And He Needed Help
The second presidential debate on Sunday night was a strange one, with Donald Trump appearing to be on the brink of a meltdown in the first 20 to 30 minutes and then steadying himself the rest of the way. But here’s the bottom line: Based on post-debate polls, Hillary Clinton […] Read more »