9-State Battleground Poll: Trump’s Rustbelt play faltering

Donald Trump’s unpopularity, beliefs, values and leadership qualities are forging a new 2016 battleground for the election of the President and U.S. Senate. Trump and Clinton no longer face symmetric image problems. With 60 percent viewing Trump unfavorably and half of presidential year voters saying they will never vote for […] Read more »

Democrats see danger signs in states where Clinton has not fully engaged

… In Michigan, Pennsylvania and, to a lesser extent, Wisconsin, an affinity for Trump’s message of economic populism and nationalism has surprised many Democrats. These are big, industrial states they have carried for the past three decades — and where Clinton, so far, has not fully focused. … Particularly striking […] Read more »

Are Pennsylvania voters ready for a woman president?

Is America really ready to elect a woman president? Polls strongly suggest yes. By 1999, Gallup found that 92 percent of Americans were willing to vote for a well-qualified woman for president. But the reality may be far more complicated. And in suburban Pittsburgh this week, a focus group of […] Read more »