Though the slogan for the first day of the Democratic National Convention was “United Together,” the party appeared to be anything but. Hacked emails dumped online by WikiLeaks had confirmed the worst suspicions of Sen. Bernie Sanders’s supporters. The De...
The nation’s focus is on the Republican and Democratic National Conventions, but other factors will influence the national mood and the presidential race. Among the factors that will influence voters on Election Day are Americans’ satisfaction with the s...
After Donald Trump finishes his acceptance speech Thursday in Cleveland, he will have only 109 days to cobble together the 270 Electoral College votes necessary to win the White House. More than a dozen weeks is a lot of time in life, but not much in a pr...
Donald Trump was officially nominated as the GOP’s 2016 presidential nominee on Day Two of the Republican National Convention. As he received 1,725 delegates out of the 2,472 (more than the required 1,237 delegates necessary), there were still a number o...
In the next few weeks there will be much interest in “bounces”—the jump in the polls that most presidential candidates enjoy after their party’s convention. Gallup has found that since 1964 Democrats have received an average 5.8% post-convention bounce an...
As Republicans gather next week in Cleveland for their convention and Democrats prepare for their big show the following week in Philadelphia, both parties look to reset their campaigns for November. What type of “bounce” in the polls will their presiden...
Political junkies are watching Hillary Clinton celebrate not getting indicted and Donald Trump bizarrely praise Saddam Hussein for killing “terrorists,” as both candidates ramp up attacks on each other. Meanwhile, the election’s foundation is being shaped...
A new Pew Research Center analysis points out that last election cycle, more Americans identified as “independents” (39%) than Democrats (32%) or Republicans (23%). Of those independents, 17% leaned Democratic, while 16% leaned Republican.
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