America’s political geography follows the contours of its physical geography. The coasts are home to urban Democratic havens, while Republicans count on the vast and less densely populated areas that almost always support the ticket. The suburbs that sit in between can swing elections, as they did for Obama in […] Read more »
Trump has a challenge with white women: ‘You just want to smack him’
With just five weeks of campaigning left, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are scrambling to win over female voters in America’s suburbs as well-educated white women have emerged as perhaps the presidential campaign’s most pivotal swing voting group. … “It’s very clear that Trump is doing extremely well among white […] Read more »
In Pennsylvania and nationally, Trump’s problems with suburban voters blunt his ascent
… In broad strokes, Trump and Clinton supporters are seldom near each other in much of the country. The Republican dominates rural, white America; the Democrat overwhelmingly wins the cities with their higher minority populations. But in this slice of Pennsylvania north and west of Philadelphia, where the suburbs meet […] Read more »
Trump’s New Minority Outreach Carries Hidden Agenda, Strategists Say
Donald Trump is testing a novel way to fix a problem that no modern Republican presidential nominee has had. His quest this week to reach out to black and Hispanic voters has a covert agenda, Republican strategists say, of winning back college-educated whites who historically prefer Republicans but seem to […] Read more »
Trump Sees an Economy in Tatters, But Many Republicans Are Feeling Fine
The 2016 campaign may be centered on the question of whether America is struggling or thriving economically, but data from Gallup indicate a majority of Americans think their economic lives are improving. The numbers challenge a dominant theme of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s campaign – that most Americans are […] Read more »
Donald Trump’s Missteps Risk Putting a Ceiling Over His Support in Swing States
DOYLESTOWN, Pa. — Donald J. Trump has been waiting for months for a poll in which he cracks 50 percent of the vote against Hillary Clinton in any of his top battleground states: Florida, New Hampshire, Ohio or Pennsylvania. “It’ll happen after the conventions,” he said in a July 6 […] Read more »