How have the Republican and Democratic vice presidential nominees affected the 2016 election so far? According to Gallup, Hillary Clinton’s choice of Tim Kaine as her running mate and Donald Trump’s pick of Mike Pence have had little-to-no net effect on ...
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...
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...
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...
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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This election, the Republican and Democratic candidates are both exceedingly well-known, for better or for worse. Large majorities of voters consider each candidate’s weaknesses to be “serious” concerns, according to the latest NBC/WSJ poll. For example...
Earlier this month, the State Department said it would take 75 years to find all the emails Hillary Clinton sent from her private server while Secretary of State. While the Clinton campaign and State Department move at a snail’s pace to produce answers, ...
Over the last year, most of the attention has been on the Republican and Democratic presidential primary contests. With over a dozen Republican candidates and a surprisingly close battle for the Democratic nomination, lame duck President Barack Obama was...
