… Nothing in modern politics equates with the kind of rhetoric now coming from Candidate Trump. There are no perfect analogies. One must scroll back decades for echoes, however imperfect, of what he is saying, from the populist and racially based appeals of then-Alabama Gov. George Wallace in 1968 and […] Read more »
Republicans wary of immigration from Middle East
With his call for blocking Muslims from entering the United States, Donald Trump may be tapping into deep concern among Republican voters about allowing Middle Eastern immigrants into the country, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll. In particular, a majority of Republicans see a high risk that refugees from […] Read more »
Donald Trump’s call to ban Muslims from coming to the U.S. has a very bad poll at its center
At 4:16 p.m. Monday afternoon, Donald Trump reached an inevitable new nadir in his campaign’s fixation on the Islamic State and Muslim immigrants. In a statement released to the press, Trump demanded “a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States” — refugees, visitors, anything. … In the […] Read more »
The GOP’s identity-politics crisis: Holding race-card aces but loath to play them
… After years of deriding Democrats for dividing Americans into hyphenated subgroups, Republicans face a tantalizing and vexing prospect this year. With two sons of Cuban immigrants, Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz, joining a famed African American surgeon, Ben Carson, near the top of the polls, they have a unique […] Read more »
Trump Supporters Deeply Wary of Illegal Immigration, Syrian Refugees in U.S.
Donald Trump, as many people on the left and even some on the right agree, is undoubtedly and intentionally making controversial remarks on cultural, racial and religious issues. But what’s emerged as the more complicated question is whether Trump’s supporters agree with all of his remarks. … Pollsters, while not […] Read more »
Paris and the Presidential Election
The Paris attacks — as well as developments in Brussels, Egypt and Mali — may have improved Republican prospects in 2016. Daily surveys conducted by Reuters/Ispos ask voters to identify the “most important problem facing the United States today.” The accompanying chart covers the period from Nov. 7 to Nov. […] Read more »