Donald Trump continues to hold a wide lead over his closest competitors in a new CNN/WMUR poll of New Hampshire voters, but shifts in the field since last week’s Republican debate have created an entirely new top tier in the first-in-the-nation primary state. CONT. Jennifer Agiesta, CNN Read more »
Why Walker Failed and Where the GOP Field Stands Now
What did we learn from Scott Walker’s very brief foray into presidential politics? And, what does the race for the nomination look like now that he’s gone? CONT. Amy Walter, Cook Political Report Read more »
Most Agree With Trump on America’s Lost Greatness, Bloomberg Poll Finds
Americans are “fed up” with politics, suspect the wealthy are getting an unfair edge, and think the country is going in the wrong direction, according to a new Bloomberg Politics poll that lays bare the depth and breadth of the discontents propelling outsider candidates in the Republican presidential field. CONT. […] Read more »
Republicans 2016: Two Down, 14 to Go
Whatever else it is, the Republican presidential contest has become a full employment act for reporters and analysts. With the largest (though gradually shrinking) field of any major party in U.S. history and a Republican electorate that appears mad as hell and isn’t going to take it anymore, the GOP […] Read more »
Americans See Hillary Clinton, Jeb Bush as Presidential Material
When it comes to Americans envisioning a 2016 presidential candidate moving into the White House, Hillary Clinton has the edge. Nearly half of U.S. adults say they have a “realistic vision” of Clinton being president, outpacing any of the seven Democratic and Republican candidates tested on the question, according to […] Read more »
Hurricane Trump
… However long Donald Trump lasts, the forces that prompted his ascent may be more politically consequential than a mere outburst of discontent from Americans in the early stage of a presidential election would suggest. Trump’s improbable success so far may have the potential to shift politics and the policy […] Read more »