Even after Marco Rubio’s and Ted Cruz’s respective fifth-place and third-place finishes in New Hampshire, the GOP is closer to nominating a Latino candidate for president than either major party has ever been. As of this writing, betting markets give Rubio and Cruz a combined 39 percent chance to be […] Read more »
Economy Tops Americans’ Minds as Most Important Problem
Americans in February are slightly more likely to name the economy generally as the “most important problem facing the country” than they have been in the last two months. CONT. Rebecca Riffkin, Gallup Read more »
Polls contradict Marco Rubio on public support for a change in status for illegal immigrants
Marco Rubio was grilled about his 2013 immigration bill during the ABC debate in New Hampshire, specifically about why he abandoned his own legislation. … Rubio replied: “We can’t get that legislation passed. The American people will not support doing anything about people that are in this country illegally until […] Read more »
What’s incredible about Republicans’ views on immigration is how much they’ve changed
… Americans, in general, have become much more tolerant of immigrants in recent decades. Until recently, that was true of Republicans as well, and voters in both parties were largely in agreement on the question. Now, however, Republicans have become more conservative in their views on immigration, and the issue […] Read more »
Democrats, Republicans Agree on Four Top Issues for Campaign
Republicans and Democrats agree on the importance of the presidential candidates’ positions on the economy, terrorism, jobs and healthcare. Beyond these, however, the two partisan groups differ significantly on the importance they assign to other campaign issues. CONT. Frank Newport, Gallup Read more »
More Republicans See Gain in Anti-Immigration Stance
Three years ago, high-level Republicans declared that after losing the popular vote in five of the past six elections, the party needed to appeal more to Hispanics to win the presidency. Immigration was a threshold issue. … Today, however, this notion has been turned upside down. … More Republican politicians, […] Read more »