Hillary Rodham Clinton’s presidential campaign is methodically building a political firewall across the South in hopes of effectively locking up the Democratic nomination in March regardless of any early setbacks in the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary. … Mrs. Clinton’s Southern strategy shows in sharp relief the imprint […] Read more »
What have Bush, Clinton learned from voters’ attraction to the outsiders?
At the beginning of this year, the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania sponsored a focus group in the Denver suburbs composed of a dozen adults — Republicans, Democrats and independents. Looking back almost nine months later, the two-hour discussion proved to be a prescient guide to […] Read more »
Clinton far more popular among women of color than among white women
Women of color still have Hillary Rodham Clinton’s back, giving the Democratic presidential candidate stellar favorable ratings even as her numbers have plunged among other groups — including white women — a new Washington Post-ABC News poll shows. CONT. Vanessa Williams & Scott Clement, Washington Post Read more »
Hillary Clinton’s Favorable Rating One of Her Worst
Dogged by continued scrutiny of her email practices as secretary of state, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s favorability with the American public has sunk to one of its lowest levels in Gallup’s 23-year trend. Currently, 41% of U.S. adults say they have a favorable opinion of the Democratic front-runner, while […] Read more »
The Populist Revolt Against Brain-Dead Politics
… While there are 22 presidential candidates — 23 if Biden runs — most of them are human tape recorders. On the top 25 or 30 issues, each has memorized a paragraph or two; mention the issue and the candidates push the “play” button in their heads. Almost word-for-word each […] Read more »
Clinton Goes Under Water; Trump Polarization Grows
Negative views of Hillary Clinton have jumped to nearly their highest on record in ABC News/Washington Post polls, while Donald Trump’s personal popularity has grown more polarized along racial and ethnic lines. CONT. Gary Langer, ABC News Read more »