Trump’s Image Among Democrats, Independents Most Negative of Any GOP Candidate

… Despite his poll standing, Trump’s image among Republicans is certainly not the most positive of the major candidates, and new calculations show that Trump has by far the worst image of any major Republican candidate among Democrats and independents. CONT. Frank Newport, Gallup Read more »

An Unusual Campaign Has More Traditional Look in Iowa Than in New Hampshire

For an election that has been anything but conventional, the latest Marist/NBC polling out of Iowa finds things lining up in familiar ways. For Trump or Sanders to win they need new, non-traditional caucus goers to show up and vote. That is how Obama won in 2008 and why Howard […] Read more »

GOP Nomination Rules Tilt the Playing Field toward Donald Trump

… The Republican Party’s nomination process has a simple, basic premise: If any candidate arrives at the July convention in Cleveland with a majority of the delegates, he (it’s going to be a he this year) can win the nomination on the first ballot. Delegates are assigned, however, through a […] Read more »

Cruz and Christie Gain in Popularity as Trump, Carson and Bush Stumble

Ted Cruz has reached top-rank popularity among Republicans and Chris Christie’s favorability rating is most improved in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll, while Donald Trump, Ben Carson and Jeb Bush all have stumbled in the battle for GOP hearts and minds. CONT. Gary Langer & Gregory Holyk, ABC News Read more »

It’s Cruz vs. Trump and Rubio vs. Carson in Home-Stretch Iowa Poll

Less than three weeks before Iowa caucus-goers cast the first votes of the 2016 presidential election, the Republican contest in the crucial first heat has boiled down to two neck-and-neck races, one between U.S. Senator Ted Cruz of Texas and Donald Trump and another between U.S. Senator Marco Rubio of […] Read more »