What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending October 29, 2016
What if we had an election, and it didn’t make any difference? That seems to be the concern of many voters.
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October 29, 2016
October 28, 2016
Most Democrats Would Reelect Obama Over Clinton If They Could
President Obama has received higher approval ratings in his final year than he has for most of his presidency. While most voters expect Hillary Clinton to continue many of his policies if she wins, a sizable majority of her current supporters would vote for Obama instead if the rules allowed it.
October 28, 2016
Voters See An Even More Divided America Ahead
Most voters see America as a divided nation and only expect things to get worse over the next year no matter who the next president is.
October 28, 2016
A Presidency From Hell? By Pat Buchanan
Should Donald Trump surge from behind to win, he would likely bring in with him both houses of Congress.
October 28, 2016
So Far, Trump Not Sinking Down-Ballot Republicans By Michael Barone
Could a flailing Donald Trump campaign hurt down-ballot Republicans and cost the party majorities in the Senate and House? That seems possible, if he loses to Hillary Clinton by a margin similar to those in most current polls and if Americans keep on straight-ticket voting as they have increasingly in recent years.
October 27, 2016
Voters Say Presidential Campaigns Are Too Long
Ted Cruz was the first Republican hopeful to announce for the presidency 19 months ago. Hillary Clinton was the first Democrat in the race less than a month later. Voters are saying, enough is enough.
October 27, 2016
Idaho President: Trump Holds Solid Lead
Unlike in neighboring Utah, Republican-turned-Independent candidate Evan McMullin isn’t making much of an impact on the presidential race in Idaho.
October 27, 2016
Democrats Expect Economic Growth More than Others Do
Americans aren’t exactly upbeat about the economy and housing prices over the next year, but fewer expect a weaker economy in a year’s time compared to past years. Democrats are a lot more optimistic, though, than other adults are.
October 27, 2016
The State of Play With a Dozen Days to Go by Larry J. Sabato, Kyle Kondik, and Geoffrey Skelley
Another week has passed in the presidential race and it appears that Donald Trump is not making up much if any ground on Hillary Clinton. Last month, we coined the term “Fortress Obama” to describe an outer and inner ring of defenses Clinton had against Trump as she sought to recreate Barack Obama’s Electoral College majority. The outer ring consisted of states like Florida, Iowa, Nevada, and Ohio — states that Obama won twice but that are vulnerable to Trump — as well as North Carolina, which Obama carried only in 2008. These are states that Trump needs but that Clinton could probably do without. Then there’s the inner ring, states like Colorado, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Wisconsin, none of which Clinton can afford to lose if Trump were to completely knock down the outer ring.
October 26, 2016
Nevada Senate: Cortez Masto (D) 43%, Heck (R) 41%
Republican Joe Heck has lost his lead, now falling slightly behind Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto in Nevada’s race to replace retiring U.S. Senator Harry Reid.
October 26, 2016
Utah President: Trump 32%, McMullin 29%, Clinton 28%
Donald Trump is still slightly ahead in reliably Republican Utah despite a spirited challenge from Republican-turned-Independent Evan McMullin.
October 26, 2016
More Voters Than Ever Want Term Limits for Congress
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is calling for term limits on members of Congress even though his party currently controls both the House of Representatives and the Senate. Voters agree more strongly than ever with the need for term limits but also still doubt Congress will go along with them.
October 26, 2016
Hillary's Climate of Hate By Michelle Malkin
Who are the haters? Who are the autocrats? Who are the serial abusers of power?
October 26, 2016
Trump May Be What Grant Was for Lincoln’s America By Charles Hurt
Once again Donald Trump revealed his true inner racist self by going to a famous Civil War battlefield in a nod to the spectacular turning point in that epic war.
October 26, 2016
The Ruling Class by John Stossel
America is often described as a society without the Old World's aristocracy. Yet we still have people who feel entitled to boss the rest of us around. The "elite" media, the political class, Hollywood and university professors think their opinions are obviously correct, so they must educate us peasants.
October 25, 2016
Voters Say Clinton Has More to Hide Than Trump
Rasmussen Reports thought it would cut through all the charges and counter-charges flying in the presidential race and ask voters which candidate they think has more to hide. They say Hillary Clinton does.
October 25, 2016
Voters Want Supreme Court Justice Who Sticks to the Constitution
Voters rate the selection of the next U.S. Supreme Court justice as a big deal to their upcoming presidential vote, and they strongly favor a justice who will abide by the Constitution.
October 25, 2016
Nevada President: Clinton 46%, Trump 42%
With just two weeks left until Election Day, Hillary Clinton leads Donald Trump in the key state of Nevada.
October 25, 2016
Dump Duterte -- for Starters By Patrick J. Buchanan
Alliances are transmission belts of war.
October 25, 2016
Immigration Controversies By Thomas Sowell
Despite controversies that rage over immigration, it is hard to see how anyone could be either for or against immigrants in general. First of all, there are no immigrants in general.
