More than half of the states have held a primary or caucus, and registered voters nationwide now hold negative opinions of the political parties’ current frontrunners. More than half of voters have unfavorable views of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump; each has a net negative rating in the double-digits. CONT. […] Read more »
CNN/ORC poll: Trump, Clinton remain on top
Donald Trump continues to be the top choice of Republican voters in the race for their party’s nomination, according to a new CNN/ORC poll. The poll finds little appetite for replacing the delegate leader and front-runner with another candidate at the convention or through a third-party run, but most of […] Read more »
Podcast: Nate Silver, Amy Davidson, and Kelefa Sanneh on the Election
The New Yorker’s David Remnick moderates a conversation with three great political minds: Amy Davidson and Kelefa Sanneh of The New Yorker and FiveThirtyEight.com’s Nate Silver. They discuss the rise of Donald Trump, what it means for the future of the Republican Party, his chances of winning the general election, […] Read more »
Older Voters May Be Hillary Clinton’s Answer to Bernie Sanders’s Youth Appeal
The afternoon of the Florida primaries last week, Sylvia Wolfson, 87, and more than a dozen other retirees scurried around an office set up with trays of cookies from Costco and large-print instructions on how to unlock the restroom door. … Mrs. Clinton can thank voters like Mrs. Wolfson not […] Read more »
Why voters won’t vote for Trump and Clinton: Frank Luntz focus group
Republican Strategist Frank Luntz discusses the results of his latest focus group, talking to voters who refuse to support both Republican front-runner Donald Trump and Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton. Luntz believes that the campaigns in the fall will not be about policy, but on the persona of the candidates. Face […] Read more »
Muslims, Protestants and Jews share common concerns in 2016 election
This election season, Muslims face a slate of Republican candidates who demand curbs on immigration and compete over how tough they’d be on Islamic terrorism, if elected. But a new survey finds U.S. Muslims are looking at American society and its future much the same as their non-Muslim neighbors. Like […] Read more »