The Democratic nomination contest is tightening in early primary states. A Jan. 10 Quinnipiac University poll shows Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders leading former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Iowa, 49%-44%. He also enjoys a double-digit lead in New...
The first primary contests are now less than one month away and all eyes will be on Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada. A great deal of focus will be placed on who is leading in national and state specific polls but expect the race in New Ham...
The proportional nature of the early GOP primary contests between February 1st and March 12th will have a significant impact on the 2016 Presidential Race. Each state and territory has rules dictating procedures how delegates are chosen, how they are all...
While less than 1% of the GOP National Convention delegates are at stake in the Iowa Caucuses on Feb. 1, the outcome will still have a large impact. That makes the tendency of Iowa voters to change their minds in the days leading up to the caucuses so in...
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...
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....
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...