Identity politics seem to have made a 180-degree reversal this week as Hillary Clinton and Marco Rubio announced their candidacies for 2016. In the last two presidential elections, Democratic victories were propelled by racial minorities and the young, while Republicans relied heavily on older whites. In both cases, the candidates’ […] Read more »
GOP contest wide open as Democrats wish for a race
Republicans have a wide-open presidential race. Democrats are jealous. As presidential contenders begin to officially announce their campaigns, a nationwide USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll finds no pining for Mitt Romney among Republicans and no consensus behind anybody else. CONT. Susan Page, USA Today Read more »
For 2016, the Parties Are Trading Places
… It’s often been said that in presidential politics, Democrats fall in love, Republicans fall in line. But at least today, neither party looks like it is behaving in a normal fashion. … This time, most Democrats seem to be lining up behind Hillary Clinton, some with more enthusiasm or […] Read more »
Could Obama’s liberalism hurt Hillary Clinton in 2016?
Hillary Clinton is now formally a presidential candidate, to pretty much no one’s surprise. One of the important challenges she faces is simple history: it has been difficult for a political party to hold the White House for more than two terms. The political scientist Alan Abramowitz, whose presidential election […] Read more »
No, Hillary Clinton Would Not Benefit From a Primary Fight
Hillary Rodham Clinton has a better chance of winning her party’s nomination without a serious contest than any nonincumbent in the modern era. If that happens, she will be lucky to avoid the fight. Most of the concerns about an unopposed Clinton candidacy are overstated, and there are big reasons […] Read more »
By the Numbers: When America Loved and Hated Hillary
Most people who decide to run for president begin with the challenge of introducing themselves to voters who have either never heard their names or have only the vaguest idea what to think of them. Hillary Clinton does not have that problem. … Not only has Clinton been a public […] Read more »