The possibility of a televised debate between Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders fizzled out last week after the presumptive GOP presidential nominee decided it was “inappropriate” to debate a candidate in second place for the Democratic nomination. While it might have made great television, most voters say it wouldn’t have impacted their vote this November.
Things remain messy for the national Democratic party, with Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders refusing to exit the race for the presidential nomination amid clashes between his supporters and those of Hillary Clinton. But most Democrats think their party is likely to come together after its convention this summer and expect an important endorsement of Clinton from Sanders.
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders may be refusing to end his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, but most Democrats say it’s a lost cause.
The U.S. economy historically has had an average growth rate of 3.3% but has fallen short of that number in every year of Barack Obama’s presidency. Still, his fellow Democrats give the president positive marks for his economic performance and think Hillary Clinton would do more of the same. Donald Trump, on the other hand, is expected to make the economy better by all voters - except Democrats.
Bernie Sanders has vowed to stay in the hunt for the Democratic presidential nomination to the very end, and voters in his party tend to think that’s okay. But Democrats are evenly divided over whether Sanders supporters or questionable party rules are to blame for recent campaign violence.
Voters think the media is even more prejudiced now against Donald Trump in favor of Hillary Clinton.
Are Democrats on track to nominate the wrong candidate? Hillary Clinton has now fallen behind Donald Trump in a head-to-head matchup, while Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders edges out the presumptive Republican presidential nominee.
They may still be embroiled in a contentious primary race, but Democratic voters appear to want Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders to run on the same presidential ticket later this year.
Republicans feel even more strongly than other voters that their party’s vice presidential nominee is key to their vote this year, and Ben Carson and Newt Gingrich are early favorites for the job.
The media may portray Bernie Sanders as a continuing political threat to Hillary Clinton, but voters aren’t buying:
They remain overwhelmingly convinced that Clinton is the likely Democratic presidential nominee for 2016.
Ask voters who is likely to be the next president of the United States, Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump, and it’s very close. Unaffiliated voters give the edge to “The Donald.”
The unexpected success of Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders in the 2016 presidential campaign has exposed the growing rift between the Democratic party establishment and the party’s more progressive wing. Still, Democratic voters are more likely than voters in general to think their party should identify with its presumptive nominee Hillary Clinton.
House Speaker Paul Ryan, the most powerful Republican in Congress, says he’s not ready to endorse the GOP’s presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump. The two are scheduled to meet tomorrow in hopes of working things out, but most voters don’t care much whether they do or not.
The likelihood of a brokered convention for either political party is extremely slim now, although Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus recently acknowledged that “nothing’s impossible.” Republican voters feel even more strongly that the candidate with the most delegates should be the nominee, but Democrats now tend to support their party’s delegates voting for whomever they want at the party’s convention.
Rasmussen Reports’ final weekly Trump Change survey finds perceptions among Republicans and all voters that Donald Trump is the likely GOP presidential nominee at all time highs. The survey was begun before Ted Cruz and John Kasich quit the race.
Right now as other candidates consider whether to fall in line behind their party’s presumptive standard-bearer, it’s a curse more than a blessing to endorse Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump.
Even before the votes are counted in today’s Indiana primaries, most Republicans think Ted Cruz and John Kasich should quit the race for their party’s presidential nomination. Democrats, on the other hand, aren’t so eager for Bernie Sanders to drop out.
Last week, Rasmussen Reports gave voters the option of staying home on Election Day if Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are the big party nominees, and six percent (6%) said that’s what they intend to do for now. Clinton and Trump were tied with 38% support each; 16% said they would vote for some other candidate, and two percent (2%) were undecided.
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are again tied up in a head-to-head matchup.
Nearly one-in-four voters say they will stay home or vote third party if Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are the major party presidential candidates.
