There’s already plenty of bad punditry regarding the chances of Hillary Clinton — who officially announced her candidacy on Sunday — to become the 45th president. … The truth is that a general election win by Clinton — she’s very likely to become the Democratic nominee — is roughly a […] Read more »
Huge Head Start for Hillary Clinton, but the Big Race Is Far From Won
… Hillary Clinton, whose widely expected presidential bid was announced on Sunday, enters the fray with a better chance to win without a serious contest than any of her predecessors. Her strength heading into the primary has little precedent; if a primary candidate ever deserved the distinction of “inevitable,” it […] Read more »
2016: An Unanchored, Puzzling Presidential Election
So far, the 2016 presidential campaign is not about anything very much, excepting issues specific to the leading and emerging candidates. It has been mostly about controversies swirling around Hillary Rodham Clinton, including the legacy question, which she shares with Jeb Bush. And more recently the focus has turned to […] Read more »
Hillary Clinton’s Calculus on Embracing Obama
He defeated her in a grueling Democratic nomination battle. Then she pursued his agenda across the world as secretary of state. Now, the delicate relationship between Hillary Rodham Clinton and President Obama is about to get even more complicated. For months, Mrs. Clinton and her team have pored over Mr. […] Read more »
Rubio’s Standing With Latino Voters
With Senator Marco Rubio’s imminent announcement that he will run for the 2016 Republican Party nomination, we take a look at his standing with Latino voters since his rise to national prominence in his 2010 campaign for the U.S. Senate. Based on these trends, we find no evidence that Rubio’s […] Read more »
Democrats Overwhelmingly Predict Hillary Clinton will be Nominee
More than two-thirds of Democratic voters think Hillary Clinton will win the party’s presidential nomination, while Republicans think Jeb Bush is the most likely to win — according to an online poll. The poll, conducted by NBC News and SurveyMonkey, found that 50 percent of Democrats would vote for Clinton […] Read more »