As the most caustic campaign in modern American history nears its close, Hillary Clinton has built a formidable lead over Donald Trump approaching 10 percentage points, a USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll finds. But she faces a deeply divided nation that is alarmed about the prospect of Election Day violence and […] Read more »
Most see a Hillary Clinton victory and a fair count ahead
Almost 7 in 10 voters nationwide say they think Hillary Clinton will win the presidency next month, but most say that if that happens, Donald Trump will not accept the results and concede, according to a new CNN/ORC poll. CONT. Jennifer Agiesta, CNN Read more »
60% of Republicans believe illegal immigrants vote; 43% believe people vote using dead people’s names
The 2016 presidential campaign has become a referendum on the process of American electoral democracy itself. … But to what extent do Americans believe voter fraud and voter suppression occur? And are there differences that fall along party lines, as we might expect? In a poll conducted immediately after the […] Read more »
Will Millennials vote? Poll finds record support for Clinton, but enthusiasm ebbing
Millennials back Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump by more than 3-1, a new USA TODAY/Rock the Vote Poll finds, but enthusiasm about voting is dipping as a sharply negative campaign enters its final weeks. CONT. Susan Page & Karina Shedrofsky, USA Today Read more »
Early Voting Could Hand Election to Hillary Clinton Well Before Nov. 8
With early voting already underway in many of the states that will decide the presidency, Hillary Clinton is beginning to reap the benefits of years of Democratic efforts to target and register voters, even as Republicans steadily close their disadvantage in party registration. CONT. Jeremy W. Peters, New York Times Read more »
Views on the American Election Process and Perceptions of Voter Fraud
… In the latest poll conducted by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, most Americans think there is at least some fraud in elections, and 8 in 10 approve of laws that require voters to show photo identification, legislation with a stated aim of preventing such voter fraud. […] Read more »