Voters Criticize the Primary Process
Voters are more critical of the presidential primary process than they have been in the past.
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April 7, 2016
April 7, 2016
GOP’s Ryan Loses to Clinton, Sanders
Some top Republicans see House Speaker Paul Ryan as the party’s savior if they can just make him the GOP presidential nominee. But Ryan loses to both major Democratic candidates in head-to-head matchups, with roughly a quarter of Republicans looking somewhere else.
April 7, 2016
Most Doubt Next President Will Secure the Border
Few voters think the government will bring illegal immigration to an end regardless of who wins the White House in November. Most believe amnesty for illegal immigrants is more likely to happen instead.
April 6, 2016
Voters Put More Emphasis on Abortion As A Voting Issue
Presidential front-runners Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have both had to do damage control recently following comments they made about abortion. Voters place more importance than ever on the issue, and most remain pro-choice.
April 6, 2016
GOP Voters Still Favor Border Wall, Other Voters Less So
Most Republicans still favor construction of a wall along the U.S. border with Mexico, but support is down among voters overall. Three-out-of-four, however, say illegal immigration is important to their vote this fall.
April 6, 2016
Kasich Plays the Spoiler
Why is John Kasich still in the race for the Republican nomination?
His shutout in yesterday’s Wisconsin Primary shows there’s no groundswell of support for a non-angry, traditional Republican candidate in the race despite all the bad things he, the media and other prominent GOP officials have had to say about Donald Trump. There’s a perception that Ted Cruz is picking up some momentum, while Trump’s momentum is slowing. But Kasich? Forget it.
April 5, 2016
51% in GOP Say Candidate Who Enters Convention with Most Delegates Should Be Nominee
While Republican Party leaders talk increasingly of a brokered convention, just over half of GOP voters think their presidential nominee should be the candidate who arrives at the convention with the most delegates.
April 5, 2016
Should The U.S. Leave NATO?
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump recently referred to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) as “obsolete” and questioned why U.S. taxpayers should still be paying heavily to defend Europe and South Korea. But most voters think those long-standing arrangements are just fine.
April 4, 2016
GOP Voters Still Support Trump’s Muslim Ban
Support remains high and unchanged among Republicans for GOP front-runner Donald Trump’s controversial proposal to temporarily ban Muslims from entering the United States.
April 4, 2016
51% of Democrats Oppose Their Party’s Superdelegate System
The presidential primary process to choose the Democratic nominee includes the use of superdelegates, individuals selected by the party who can support any candidate at the party's convention regardless of who wins their state's popular vote. But just over half of Democrats cry foul at the system.
March 31, 2016
Support for State Secession Holds Steady
Despite the continuing anger over the policies of the federal government, another Civil War does not appear to be in the making.
March 30, 2016
Are Candidates' Wives Key to a Campaign?
Voters aren’t attaching as much importance to the presidential candidates’ spouses as they did eight years ago.
March 30, 2016
Only 31% of GOP Voters Care If Failed Hopefuls Support Nominee
It’s down and dirty time for the GOP. All three remaining Republican candidates refused to say at a CNN town hall last night whether they would support the party’s eventual presidential nominee if they didn’t win.
March 29, 2016
Voters Want Spending Cuts But Don’t Expect Any
Like they have for years, most voters want Congress to stop spending so much money, but they don’t actually believe it’s going to happen.
March 28, 2016
Voters See ISIS As Serious, Long-Term Threat
Following last week’s terrorist bombings in Brussels, U.S. voters remain strongly convinced that the radical Islamic State group (ISIS) is a major danger to the United States and see little chance of that threat diminishing anytime soon.
March 28, 2016
Most Don’t Want U.S. Promoting Democracy In Islamic World
Donald Trump has run afoul of the Republican establishment with his opposition to so-called "nation-building," but most voters think Trump's on the right track.
March 24, 2016
Americans Expect A Brussels-Like Attack At Home
Following the horrific bombings of an airport and metro station in Brussels earlier this week, a sizable number of Americans say they’ll be avoiding European travel in the near future and most expect a similar attack to happen on U.S. soil.
March 24, 2016
President Obama’s Approval Numbers Are Rising: What Gives?
Approval ratings for President Obama in our daily presidential tracking poll have noticeably improved over the past month. And it’s not just our polling - Real Clear Politics’ polling average indicates a clear uptick in the president’s ratings over the past couple of months.
March 23, 2016
Voters Rate Media Coverage of Election 2016
Television still reigns supreme when it comes to where voters turn for their political news, but the media get mixed reviews for their coverage of the 2016 presidential campaign so far.
March 22, 2016
76% of GOP Voters Rate Their Own Congress as Out of Touch
No wonder Donald Trump and Ted Cruz are winning the Republican primaries: GOP voters are more fed up than ever with their elected representatives in Washington, D.C.
