Heading into the last big primary day, California’s contest looks like a virtual toss-up with Hillary Clinton up two points on Bernie Sanders, 49 percent to 47 percent, as Sanders has closed a double-digit gap there in recent weeks. In New Jersey — the other large delegate prize of the […] Read more »
The 2016 presidential election will be determined by the ‘none of the above’ voters
If prior elections were decided by soccer moms, security moms, NASCAR dads, or even “the economy, stupid,” the 2016 presidential election will be determined by the NAs — the none of the above voters who have so far refused to support either Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump. For them, the […] Read more »
Election 2016 Leadership Contrast: Résumé vs. Bumper Sticker, Pollster Says
As the 2016 presidential primary season comes to a close for both parties, voters have gotten a pretty clear impression of what kind of leadership they would get from former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and New York businessman Donald Trump. The latest Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll helps illustrate […] Read more »
A Key Group for Hillary Clinton: Voters Who Like Obama But Aren’t With Her
During one of the 2008 Democratic primary debates, then-Sen. Barack Obama described rival Hillary Clinton as “likeable enough.” At that point, in January 2008, Mrs. Clinton’s personal ratings were 47% positive and 41% negative. In May, Wall Street Journal/NBC News polling showed Hillary Clinton with personal ratings of 34% positive […] Read more »
The Trump-Clinton Race Is Not As Close As It Looks
… Trump’s nomination fight is over while Clinton’s contest is still at a messy stage. Republicans who backed one of the 16 other GOP candidates have coalesced to a significant degree, painfully progressing through Elizabeth Kübler-Ross’s five stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. Many establishment figures, who […] Read more »
Clinton and Trump Have Terrible Approval Ratings. Does It Matter?
Hillary Clinton and Donald J. Trump head into the presidential race with the worst favorable ratings of any presumed Democratic or Republican nominee in decades. CONT. Karen Yourish, New York Times Read more »