GOP presidential challengers Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio and Democrat Hillary Clinton desperately need breakthroughs in Iowa tomorrow to overcome expanding leads held by Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders in New Hampshire, a new Franklin Pierce University-Boston Herald poll reveals. CONT. Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald Read more »
CNN/WMUR poll: Trump, Sanders still up in New Hampshire
Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump maintain wide leads in their respective primary races in New Hampshire, according to a new CNN/WMUR poll conducted by the University of New Hampshire Survey Center. CONT. Jennifer Agiesta, CNN Read more »
Four Roads Out Of Iowa For Republicans
… The dominoes will begin falling after the Iowa caucuses Monday night. It seems to me there are four basic narratives that could emerge from the state. (By “narratives,” I mean how the media, Republican party elites and the other candidates will interpret the results. Be warned: How the media […] Read more »
Bernie Sanders Is Making Surprising Gains With Less Affluent Whites
Bernie Sanders’s coalition once looked very familiar: He had strong support among well-educated and affluent liberal white voters of the sort who backed Barack Obama, Bill Bradley and Jerry Brown. He struggled among less affluent voters. But his coalition has evolved over the last few months. He now fares much […] Read more »
Republicans and Democrats Brace for a Reality Check
American presidential campaigns have never been so thoroughly examined, probed and measured as in this election cycle. And the pollsters and pundits who cover them are about to get a reality check. The Iowa caucuses on Monday and the New Hampshire primary eight days later will begin to do what […] Read more »
Everybody Hates Ted Cruz? No, Not Even Close
Donald Trump recently appeared on the Fox News Channel show “Fox and Friends” to declare, “Everybody hates Ted.” He meant Senator Ted Cruz, of course, who is the latest candidate to challenge Mr. Trump’s lead in the polls. But does everybody hate Mr. Cruz? The answer is a clear no. […] Read more »