… It seemed unimaginable that a Clinton, particularly a Clinton who could become the first woman U.S. president in history, could be overshadowed in a political campaign this year and yet that’s currently the case. Trump and Trumpism loom over the entire country. His candidacy is the talk everywhere, for […] Read more »
Sanders’ Image Up Among Dems; Clinton Still Maintains Edge
As Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders approach their final debate before the Feb. 1 Iowa caucuses, Clinton (+57) maintains a net favorability advantage over Sanders (+48) among Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents. While Clinton’s current score is about par for the course, Sanders is his highest to date, […] Read more »
Clinton’s lead is evaporating, and anxious Democrats see 2008 all over again
Some leading Democrats are increasingly anxious about Hillary Clinton’s prospects for winning the party’s presidential nomination, warning that Sen. Bernie Sanders’s growing strength in early battleground states and strong fundraising point to a campaign that could last well into the spring. CONT. Paul Kane, Washington Post Read more »
An Unusual Campaign Has More Traditional Look in Iowa Than in New Hampshire
For an election that has been anything but conventional, the latest Marist/NBC polling out of Iowa finds things lining up in familiar ways. For Trump or Sanders to win they need new, non-traditional caucus goers to show up and vote. That is how Obama won in 2008 and why Howard […] Read more »
Iowa: Sanders, Clinton Going Down to the Wire
Democrats Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are locked in a two-point race in Iowa ahead of the Feb. 1 caucuses, raising the prospect that eight years after her stinging loss there to Barack Obama, the state that kicks off the presidential nominating process may once again deal the front-runner a […] Read more »
Cruz and Christie Gain in Popularity as Trump, Carson and Bush Stumble
Ted Cruz has reached top-rank popularity among Republicans and Chris Christie’s favorability rating is most improved in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll, while Donald Trump, Ben Carson and Jeb Bush all have stumbled in the battle for GOP hearts and minds. CONT. Gary Langer & Gregory Holyk, ABC News Read more »