Voters Criticize This Year’s Election Media Coverage
Voters are pretty critical of the news coverage they got this election cycle, particularly those who relied on social media.
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November 10, 2016
November 10, 2016
Voters See Trump’s Campaign As More Negative Than Clinton’s
Voters tend to think both presidential candidates ran mostly negative campaigns this year but feel President-elect Donald Trump's was far more negative than Hillary Clinton’s.
November 9, 2016
Mea Culpa, Mea Culpa, Mea Maxima Culpa By Larry J. Sabato, Kyle Kondik, and Geoffrey Skelley
Well, what can we say — we blew it.
November 9, 2016
What Issue Mattered Most on Election Day?
While most voters said the candidates’ policy positions were more important than their character, voters still place it high on the list of issues that influenced their vote in the presidential election.
November 9, 2016
Identity Politics in America: a Post-Mortem by Michelle Malkin
Here is what eight years of President Obama's "post-racial" reign have wrought.
November 9, 2016
More Voters Delayed A Decision This Year
Voters were a lot less certain how they were going to vote this year compared to the last two presidential elections, with one-in-four waiting until the final week to make up their minds.
November 9, 2016
Welcome, Democrats, To the Revolution By Charles Hurt
NEW YORK — Yes, Hillary, this revolution is real.
Tens of millions of voters cast ballots Tuesday for Hillary Clinton. Except for a relative handful of wealthy and connected people, nobody actually wanted to vote for her.
November 9, 2016
Issues Matter After All
The media created a false narrative about the 2016 presidential campaign, and most polling reinforced it.
November 8, 2016
The Issues That Define Election 2016
After months of bitter campaigning, decision day is finally here. So which issues are driving voters’ decisions this presidential election year?
November 8, 2016
Why Pollsters Disagree
The ultimate outsider is challenging the ultimate insider, and it’s driving the pollsters crazy.
November 8, 2016
Painful Choices By Thomas Sowell
Let's talk sense about the election. Nothing is to be gained by refusing to face the hard facts. What are those facts?
November 8, 2016
What Hath Trump Wrought? By Patrick J. Buchanan
"If I don't win, this will be the greatest waste of time, money and energy in my lifetime," says Donald Trump.
November 8, 2016
Most Say Presidential Vote Will Be Based on Controversies, Not Issues
Voters claim the issues count more than a candidate's character, but most think this year's presidential election will be decided by the controversies that have dogged the candidates and not their policy positions. But then most also don't consider their fellow Americans to be informed voters.
November 8, 2016
2016: The Demise of Small-r Republican Politics by Michael Barone
Among the many complaints I have seen about this squalid presidential election -- the most dismal choice of major-party nominees since 1856 -- there's one that I find missing: that it shows how our politics have become less republican.
November 7, 2016
30% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Thirty percent (30%) of Likely U.S. Voters think the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey for the week ending November 3.
November 7, 2016
Voters Think Clinton More Likely to Have Plan for the Future
Voters are slightly more convinced that Democrat Hillary Clinton knows more than Republican Donald Trump where she wants to lead the country. But like most issues this political season, it depends on which party’s voters you ask.
November 7, 2016
Voters Predict Clinton Will Beat Trump
The presidential race between Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump has been tight nationally for months, but a majority of voters think Clinton will win the election.
November 7, 2016
White House Watch: Clinton Edges Ahead
Rasmussen Reports’ final White House Watch survey shows Democrat Hillary Clinton with a two-point lead over Republican Donald Trump with less than 24 hours to go until Election Day. Among early voters, Clinton has a double-digit lead.
November 5, 2016
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending November 5, 2016
Election Day is here at last, so where do we stand?
November 5, 2016
Win or Lose, Hillary is Finished By Ted Rall
Hillary Clinton, they say, is the most qualified person ever to have run for the presidency. They are, of course, mistaken. But one week away from an election that, for once, really may prove to be the most important of our lives, what boggles the mind of those of us who are paying attention is just how terrible a candidate Hillary Clinton has proven to be.
