As the list of candidates for the Republican nomination continues to grow, Marco Rubio, Mike Huckabee and Jeb Bush are top contenders: just under half of Republican voters now say they would consider voting for each. Four in ten would consider voting for Ted Cruz and Rick Perry, and about […] Read more »
Fox News Poll: Rubio jumps to head of 2016 GOP pack, Clinton honesty questioned
The Bush dynasty is a negative for voters and Marco Rubio is seen as a leader of the future, as the Florida senator jumps to the head of the GOP pack. The Clinton dynasty is a plus — and even though Hillary could have an honesty problem, she dominates the […] Read more »
5 takeaways from CNN/ORC poll
… There are plenty of caveats to poll-reading at this early stage of the political cycle — many candidates are still unknown and the sentiment in early states like Iowa and New Hampshire carry much more weight than national statistics. Still, national polls do offer an important snapshot of how […] Read more »
GOP contest wide open as Democrats wish for a race
Republicans have a wide-open presidential race. Democrats are jealous. As presidential contenders begin to officially announce their campaigns, a nationwide USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll finds no pining for Mitt Romney among Republicans and no consensus behind anybody else. CONT. Susan Page, USA Today Read more »
For 2016, the Parties Are Trading Places
… It’s often been said that in presidential politics, Democrats fall in love, Republicans fall in line. But at least today, neither party looks like it is behaving in a normal fashion. … This time, most Democrats seem to be lining up behind Hillary Clinton, some with more enthusiasm or […] Read more »
2016: An Unanchored, Puzzling Presidential Election
So far, the 2016 presidential campaign is not about anything very much, excepting issues specific to the leading and emerging candidates. It has been mostly about controversies swirling around Hillary Rodham Clinton, including the legacy question, which she shares with Jeb Bush. And more recently the focus has turned to […] Read more »