At the past 16 Republican National Conventions, the party’s presidential nominee has been selected on the first ballot. That long streak might end next year. For the first time since 1948, when the GOP nominated Thomas E. Dewey for president after three r...
After months of unremitting bad news and cratering poll numbers, Hillary Clinton finally enjoyed a good week. On Oct. 21 Vice President Joe Biden, potentially her most formidable opponent, declined to challenge her. The following day Mrs. Clinton testifie...
There has been a lot of focus on horse race polls for the 2016 GOP presidential nomination, but it is important to remember how much volatility there is in the contest.
Consider the October 25 New York Times/CBS poll in which seven out of every ten lik...
Having led the polls for three months, Donald Trump has shown he’s no flash in the pan. Voters and the media should therefore treat him as a traditional front-runner, examine his temperament and require him to go beyond sound bites.
A governing agenda ...
The More They Know: Back in July, Poll ing News and Notes pointed out that “most GOP candidates were still unknown to primary voters,” suggesting that many had room to grow as Republicans began to focus on the field of candidates. Now that caucusCgoers an...
The first Democratic debate
demonstrated that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is the only serious contender for
the Democratic nomination. Yet, new data shows that Mrs. Clinton still falls to Republican
candidates in key swing states....
The Democratic debate Tuesday revealed the best thing that Hillary Clinton has going for her: the weakness of her challengers.
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders came off as an elderly, dyspeptic Bilbo Baggins attending a British Labour Party meeting. Fo...
An October 2 Pew Research Center survey showed Republicans are more satisfied with their field than they were in 2007 and 2011. Fifty-nine percent of Republicans have an excellent or good impression of the candidates, compared to 49% at this point in 2011...
