Who has the highest negative ratings in the latest NBC/Wall street Journal poll, Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton? MTP Daily’s Chuck Todd goes over the numbers with pollstars Fred Yang and Bill McInturff. NBC News Read more »
Self-Immolation, Times Two
… This year it seemed like, in very different ways, both parties are at risk of self-destructing. Republicans seem hell-bent on committing self-immolation on both the presidential and congressional levels. Democrats, who pretty much settled on a presidential nominee early on, now find their front-runner hopelessly mired in (depending on […] Read more »
What The New NBC/WSJ Poll Means for the Frontrunners
NBC’s Chuck Todd weighs in on the latest NBC/WSJ poll and what it says about the man who’s not even a candidate and another potential ‘establishment’ leader. NBC News Read more »
No One Knows Whether Hillary Clinton Is Authentic
The solution to Hillary Clinton’s recent slide in the polls, according to David Axelrod: Be more authentic. And, indeed, Clinton gets heaps of abuse for alleged inauthenticity. But authenticity is overrated. There may be no other word more misused by the media and by political pundits. CONT. Marc Ambinder, FiveThirtyEight Read more »
Biden Would Enter 2016 Race As Most Popular Candidate
Joe Biden hasn’t yet announced his plans for a 2016 White House bid, but a new poll shows that he would enter the race as the most popular presidential candidate if he chose to toss his hat into the ring. CONT. Carrie Dann, NBC News Read more »
Hillary Clinton’s Image Improves Among Democrats
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s image has picked up among Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents over the last two weeks. Clinton now has a favorable rating of 73% and an unfavorable rating of 20%, yielding an overall net favorable score of +53. Her net favorable score had dropped to as low […] Read more »