Getting people to put on one set of glasses rather than another to view their political choices is part of what campaigns do to win elections. The fight to frame the choice is one of the biggest battles. Throughout the primaries, Donald Trump has attempted to make the choice about […] Read more »
Republicans Want Their Party to Unify Behind Donald Trump, Poll Shows
An overwhelming majority of Republican voters say their party’s leaders should get behind Donald J. Trump, even as he enters the general election saddled with toxic favorability ratings among the broader electorate, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll. … Republican voters remain remarkably pessimistic about the state […] Read more »
CBS/NYT national poll: Hillary Clinton’s lead over Donald Trump narrows
Looking ahead to the general election in November, Donald Trump trails both Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders among registered voters, although by slightly narrower margins than last month. CONT. CBS News Read more »
Anger Management
Americans are angry, say the cable TV pundits and armchair political observers. They are angry at a dysfunctional Washington, D.C. Angry at the out-of-touch political class. Angry at an out-of-control bureaucracy. The only problem with this argument is that, well, Americans aren’t actually any angrier at government today than they […] Read more »
The Running Mate Calculus
… Vice presidential selection is dictated by the pool of available candidates, the context in which the decision is made, and the way in which the presidential nominee and others around him/her evaluate information regarding options and the political environment. Some aspects of the context are beginning to emerge although […] Read more »
High Primary Turnouts: Any Clues for the Fall?
No matter what one thinks of this often surreal presidential primary campaign, it has been a hit at the ballot box. Republicans have already smashed their record of 20.8 million ballots, set in 2008. Through the May 10 contests, the 2016 GOP primary turnout stands at 26.1 million and counting. […] Read more »