Initial polls conducted after the Democratic National Convention suggest that Hillary Clinton has received a convention bounce. In fact, it appears likely that Clinton’s bounce will exceed Donald Trump’s, which measured at 3 to 4 percentage points. Thus, Clinton will potentially exit the conventions in a stronger position than she […] Read more »
Post-convention bump for Clinton
Hillary Clinton has received a bump in support after the Democratic convention and has now pulled ahead of Donald Trump. Forty-six percent of voters nationwide say they’ll vote for Clinton in November, while 39 percent say they’ll back Trump. The race was tied last week after the Republican convention. CONT. […] Read more »
Americans More Positive About Democratic Than GOP Convention
Americans are evenly divided on whether they view the Democratic Party more favorably (44%) or less favorably (42%) after the party’s national convention last week. However, their ratings of the Republican Party after the GOP convention two weeks ago were significantly worse, with 35% saying they viewed the party more […] Read more »
How Clinton and Trump are trying to frame the election
The first task of any political campaign is to frame the question it wants voters to answer. Donald Trump wants this election to be a referendum on change: Are you happy with the way things are going in America? Hillary Clinton wants the election to be a referendum on Trump: […] Read more »
Now, Get Ready for an Unpredictable General Election
… Both sides, and much of the press, will zealously follow the polls. Some cautionary notes for these junkies are offered by Doug Usher of Purple Strategies, a bipartisan company that conducts online and other surveys for Bloomberg Politics. Don’t pay much attention to the plethora of polls in the […] Read more »
Battleground Tracker: Hillary Clinton gets slight convention boost of her own
Hillary Clinton gets a slight bump across the battleground states coming out of her Democratic convention, answering the bump Trump got last week from his, and it pushes Clinton back into a very narrow lead overall. CONT. Anthony Salvanto, CBS News Read more »