Jeb Bush may have a lot of advantages as the 2016 race begins – money, name recognition, a network of supporters. But Mr. Bush has a problem with conservatives. How bad is it? Compare his standing to that of 2012 Republican nominee Mitt Romney, who famously struggled to win over […] Read more »
The Mystery of the Missing Evangelicals
Republicans haven’t won the presidency for two cycles now — and, for many party faithful, a perceived lack of support among evangelical voters is to blame. … The missing evangelical vote has been cited as a key factor by 2016 GOP hopefuls such as Sen. Ted Cruz and former tech […] Read more »
Ted Cruz Says Obama Won Because Evangelicals Stayed Home. Is That True?
Texas Senator Ted Cruz gave his audience at Liberty University on Monday one concrete-sounding reason why he could win the presidency. Too many evangelical Christians, he said, were “staying home” and handing presidential elections to Democrats. … This isn’t just one senator’s theory. The fear that evangelical voters are staying […] Read more »
Slump in Polls Shows Jeb Bush May Face Romney-Style Challenge
The last few months have not been good for former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush when it comes to Republican primary voters. The number of GOP primary voters who say they “could see” themselves supporting Mr. Bush fell to 49% in the latest Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll, down from 63% […] Read more »
Where ‘American Sniper’ Most Dominates Facebook Chatter
… As tens of millions of Americans get set to tune into the 87th Academy Awards on Sunday night, data from Facebook mapped by The Wall Street Journal find remarkable splits on which films are generating conversation across the country — and people’s tastes, in many ways, follow the familiar […] Read more »
Young people will hit the polls in 2016, and they want Hillary
Young people are planning to turn out the vote in 2016. And they have a clear choice at this point about who they want to be the nation’s next president. Those are some of the highlights from Fusion’s Massive Millennial Poll, which surveyed 1000 people aged 18-34 about everything from […] Read more »