Producers, editors and reporters have highlighted a “divided Republican Party” motif in their coverage of the presidential race in recent days. … But what of the rank-and-file Republicans — those across the country who are not famous leaders of the GOP, but either identify with or lean to the Republican […] Read more »
Unlike Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton Lacks A Simple, Clear Economic Message
… Coming up with a clear economic message isn’t just a problem for Hillary Clinton. It’s a problem for Democrats in general. In Celinda Lake’s polls, Democrats are consistently behind Republicans on the issue of the economy. In recent general election polls, where Clinton beats Trump handily in the horse […] Read more »
Clinton trounces Trump in Miami-Dade, new poll shows
Hillary Clinton is so much more popular than Donald Trump among Miami-Dade County voters that even a significant number of Republicans support her in the likely presidential match-up, a new local poll has found. Clinton leads Trump by a whopping 52-25 percent, with 23 percent of respondents undecided, according to […] Read more »
Why this could finally be the election where climate change matters
… In 2012, President Obama and the media alike were widely faulted for rarely talking about climate change. In the 2014 midterms, meanwhile, billionaire Tom Steyer’s super PAC NextGen Climate Action spent $74 million, but saw candidates it was opposing win nonetheless in key Senate races. However, the issue appears […] Read more »
Bernie, Hillary, and Historical Memory
… Age–much more than class, race, gender, or even ideology–differentiates pro-Clinton and pro-Sanders voters. … Generations are culturally marked by the critical historical events that occurred when their members were quite young, say, roughly ages 18 to 28. Experiencing the Great Depression or the Vietnam War, for example, during late […] Read more »
For Clinton, the general election is about married women
… Affluent suburban women are a key audience for Clinton, the Democratic front-runner, as she seeks to use Trump’s polarizing statements about women, immigrants and others against him. … Although many suburban women identify as Republican or independent, they often vote on the kinds of pocketbook issues Clinton is emphasizing […] Read more »