Health care is one of many issues that will be important for voters in the presidential election, particularly for Democrats and women, finds the March Kaiser Health Tracking Poll. More than a third (36%) of voters consider health care “extremely important” to their vote in this year’s presidential election, ranking […] Read more »
Focus Groups Reveal Changed Stakes for Rising American Electorate in 2016
… This memo outlines the findings of four focus groups conducted by Democracy Corps on behalf of WVWVAF and VPC in Cleveland and Akron, Ohio on March 8-9 among segments of the Rising American Electorate: African American women (we included both frequent and less frequent voters), white unmarried millennial women, […] Read more »
Supporters of Clinton and Trump have diametrically opposed preferences for how the US should be governed
… Considering that at this point Clinton and Trump are the most likely candidates for the US presidency, it is compelling to compare the differences of their supporters on crucial policy issues. Using data from Election Compass USA 2016, we compare to what extent voters sympathizing with either Hillary Clinton […] Read more »
Will Trump win over Sanders’ voters on free trade?
… Donald Trump argues that he can pick off Bernie Sanders’s voters on trade if the Democrats choose Hillary Clinton as their candidate. That’s an important part of Trump’s argument that he has appeal beyond traditional Republican voters. But what does the evidence say? CONT. Erik Voeten (Georgetown), The Monkey […] Read more »
Most Republicans Feel Embarrassed by Campaign, Poll Says
Alarmed by the harsh attacks and negative tone of their presidential contest, broad majorities of Republican primary voters view their party as divided and a source of embarrassment and think that the campaign is more negative than in the past, according to a New York Times/CBS News national poll released […] Read more »
Why Sanders Trails Clinton Among Minority Voters
Asked during a January debate why he trailed Hillary Clinton so badly among minority voters, Senator Bernie Sanders said he would gain ground once those voters became familiar with his track record and agenda on the economy and criminal justice. Two months later and on the eve of another important […] Read more »