Amid a contentious primary season, Americans’ favorable ratings of both the Democratic (44%) and Republican (36%) parties haven’t changed much from March of last year, before any of the presidential candidates announced their intentions to run. CONT. Justin McCarthy, Gallup Read more »
Sanders Isn’t Doing Well With True Independents
A lot has been made of Bernie Sanders’s appeal with independent voters during the Democratic presidential primary. He has won people who identify as independents in state after state, while Hillary Clinton has won people who identify as Democrats. Some Sanders backers have argued that this will translate to the […] Read more »
The Hidden Importance Of The Sanders Voter
Donald Trump has gained on Hillary Clinton in recent national polls after becoming the presumptive GOP nominee this month. But Trump may also be helped by the ongoing primary battle between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. Although Clinton’s substantial lead in pledged delegates (and larger lead in overall delegates) makes […] Read more »
Clinton and Trump Hit Uncharted Depths With Independents
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are winning big in the Northeastern primaries, and yet as they currently appear to be galloping toward their respective nominations, there are indications that suggest that acceptability of both candidates lies at the lowest recorded level of the last quarter century’s WSJ/NBC News polls. For […] Read more »
Why Sanders Does Better With Independents
… So why is Sanders doing so well among independents? It appears to be driven not by their ideology so much as their dislike of partisan politics. And that has implications for Sanders’s prospects in the upcoming primaries in New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and Maryland, all of which are closed […] Read more »
62% Say Republican with Most Votes Should Be Nominee
More than six in 10 Republican voters believe that, if no GOP presidential candidate wins a majority of delegates before the convention, the one with the most votes should be the party’s nominee, according to a new national NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll. CONT. Mark Murray, NBC News Read more »