Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has made it official that he is considering entering this year’s presidential race as an independent. Early polling suggests a Bloomberg candidacy would be good for Donald Trump and bad for Hillary Clinton.
With the primary process finally underway, both Republicans and Democrats are more confident that the ideological leanings of their party's eventual presidential nominee will match theirs.
Voters still don’t see President Obama or the Republican-controlled Congress as an asset to their respective party’s presidential candidate, but GOP voters are far more likely to see their party’s legislators as a burden on the party’s nominee.
With tomorrow’s New Hampshire primary a make-or-break event for several of the candidates, Donald Trump still holds a double-digit lead nationally over his rivals for the Republican presidential nomination. Senators Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio are in a virtual tie for second place.
And then there were two. Following a near-tie in the Iowa caucus Monday, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders went toe-to-toe last night in a debate in New Hampshire, the setting of next week’s primary. Have the dynamics of the race changed?
Hillary Clinton seemed receptive the other day to naming President Obama to the U.S. Supreme Court if she is elected to succeed him this fall. Most voters, however, don’t approve of putting Obama on the high court and still aren’t interested in him running for a third term as president either.
Voters remain less confident in society here at home.
Voters strongly believe the federal government is crooked.
With just the first round of the presidential contest over, most voters still think the next occupant of the White House is likely to be a Republican.
Even as the 2016 election season officially begins in Iowa today, voters still express skepticism about the fairness of elections in this country.
Democrats and Republicans in Iowa gather this evening to vote, and so begins the formal process for choosing the next president of the United States.
Senators Bernie Sanders, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio have missed lots of on-the-job time in the Senate while they run for president. Kentucky Republicans worry about Senator Rand Paul's reelection to the Senate this year if his presidential bid falls short. Governors John Kasich and Chris Christie have been a long way from home in their bids to move up to the White House. How do voters feel about politicians who hold onto one elective job while seeking another?
It’s generally been considered legal for American citizens born outside the United States like Republican Ted Cruz to run for the presidency, but voters aren’t all that enthusiastic about such candidates.
The FBI has been investigating Hillary Clinton's use of a private e-mail server while secretary of State in order to determine whether she mishandled classified information, with some reports suggesting the Democratic presidential front-runner may be indicted. Most voters still believe it’s likely Clinton broke the law by sending and receiving classified information through the server, but they are far less convinced that serious charges will be brought against her.
Donald Trump plans to sit out the final Republican debate before the Iowa Caucus on Monday. Does it really matter?
Democrats blame the media for the perception that Hillary Clinton's campaign is stumbling, but voters in general aren't so sure. All agree, however, that there's no need yet for Joe Biden or some other major Democrat to jump into the race for the party's presidential nomination.
A new government report says that over 500,000 visitors to the United States overstayed their legal visas last year and didn’t go home. Most voters think those who overstay their visas are a serious national security threat and that the feds need to take stronger steps to deport them.
Recent polls are showing Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders surging ahead of Hillary Clinton in key states like Iowa and New Hampshire, but are Democratic voters taking this news seriously?
The good news for Donald Trump is that nearly half of Republicans say they’d rather vote for a candidate who has never held political office over one with political experience. The bad news is that other voters don’t share that view nearly as strongly.
Voters in general don’t think much of Sarah Palin and see her endorsement of Donald Trump as more harmful than helpful to his candidacy. But for Republicans and conservative voters in particular, the intended audience as the Iowa caucus nears, a Palin endorsement is a plus.
