Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are leading their competitors by double digits in Michigan’s March 8 primary, according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist poll. CONT. Mark Murray, NBC News Read more »
These States Could Pick the GOP Nominee, Each for Different Reasons
… As Republicans gathered for their latest debate in Las Vegas this week, more GOP strategists believe their presidential marathon is evolving toward a three-way contest that could divide the party along sharp demographic and geographic lines well into 2016. CONT. Ronald Brownstein, National Journal Read more »
A Midwest Advantage for Scott Walker?
You can call it the Rust Belt or the Industrial Midwest if you like, but when presidential election time comes you should call it precious real estate. The seven states that hold the schools that comprised the old, pre-expansion Big Ten athletic conference – Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio […] Read more »
Michigan: Proposal 1 for roads in big trouble
With just 5 days to go before statewide votes are counted, the Proposal 1 plan to fix Michigan’s crumbling roads and bridges has hit a major pot hole! If the election were held today, 61 percent of likely voters would reject increasing the state sales tax from 6 to 7 […] Read more »
The States That Will Pick the President: The Rust Belt
With Democrats consistently strong along the East Coast and West Coast, Republicans dominant in the South and much of the Great Plains, the two parties now often fight most fiercely over a band of burly states that run west from Pennsylvania into Ohio, Wisconsin, and Michigan, and then Iowa. … […] Read more »
In Governors’ Races This Year, Lessons for 2016
… [Scott] Walker is one of eight Republican governors facing re-election who swept into office in 2010 in states that President Obama won two years earlier, driven by the Tea Party at the height of its influence. … But perhaps the most closely watched races will be in four Northern […] Read more »