Trump Leads Cruz by 15 Points in Crucial Indiana Race

Donald Trump holds a 15-point lead over Ted Cruz in the potentially decisive May 3 presidential primary race in Indiana, according to results from a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist poll. … In the Hoosier State’s Democratic contest, Hillary Clinton leads Bernie Sanders by just four points, 50 percent to […] Read more »

Following Trump’s romp through the Northeast corridor, odds of a contested convention have dramatically declined

Donald Trump’s breathtaking romp through the Northeast corridor on Tuesday points to a fundamental shift in the GOP race. Once thought of as a candidate with a low ceiling, Trump won all but eight of the 119 bound delegates at stake in Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island. … For […] Read more »

Gender Considerations Cause Voters to Favor Democratic Candidates

Although Americans routinely tell pollsters they’re ready to elect a woman, it remains an open question whether gender is playing a role in shaping candidate preferences in the 2016 contest. The most recent national survey of registered voters from Fairleigh Dickinson University’s PublicMind finds evidence that gender does indeed affect […] Read more »

The General Election Starts Now

This Tuesday marked the unofficial end of the 2016 primary season. Ladies and gentleman, barring some unexpected turn of events the fall matchup for President of the United States will be between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. Here’s what else we learned from the April 26 primaries and what it […] Read more »

Ted Cruz May Be Too Conservative To Stop Trump

… Cruz’s base has been concentrated among “very conservative” voters. And those voters are far from a majority within the Republican Party. Even in the Deep South state of Mississippi, “very conservative” voters made up only 47 percent of Republican voters in this year’s primary. Cruz’s average share among “very […] Read more »