This week Republicans in Congress began their effort to repeal and potentially replace the Affordable Care Act. But after listening to working-class supporters of Donald J. Trump — people who are enrolled in the very health care marketplaces created by the law — one comes away feeling that the Washington […] Read more »
CBS/YouGov: Clinton, Trump even in Ohio and Florida two days before election
In Ohio and Florida the races are tight and the trend line is toward Donald Trump. Trump has the narrowest of leads – up one point in Ohio, and Florida is even. Trump’s most likely electoral map all but requires him to win both these states, in addition to others. […] Read more »
The Tipping Points of the 2016 Election
What are the tipping points in the states likely to decide the 2016 presidential election? Bellwether counties in swing states show that the demographic gulf between the Democrats’ more urban coalition and the Republicans’ base of rural and blue collar whites is poised to grow ever larger in 2016. To […] Read more »
Ohio: Trump’s last stand?
BBC Newsnight’s Gabriel Gatehouse reports from Youngstown, Ohio on the appeal of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. CONT. BBC News Read more »
Tight races remain in three battlegrounds: Nevada, North Carolina and Ohio
Across three critical battleground states, the race for president remains tight, according to new CNN/ORC polls in Nevada, North Carolina and Ohio. CONT. Jennifer Agiesta, CNN Read more »
Gender gap in views on Trump tape describing advances on women
Hillary Clinton leads in the key state of Ohio by four points (46 percent to 42 percent) and in Pennsylvania by a wider eight point gap (48 percent to 40 percent), a state that seems critical to Donald Trump’s electoral hopes. And Clinton also is ahead in Wisconsin 43 percent […] Read more »