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October 21, 2016

An Establishment in Panic By Pat Buchanan

Pressed by moderator Chris Wallace as to whether he would accept defeat should Hillary Clinton win the election, Donald Trump replied, "I will tell you at the time. I'll keep you in suspense."

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October 21, 2016

Despite Trump, Demotic Protest Politics Doesn't Always Fail by Michael Barone

2016 has been a big year for protest politics -- not just in the United States, what with Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump getting over 40 percent of primary votes, but also all over Europe and Latin America, where voters have been rejecting the advice of their nations' political, financial and media establishments.

October 20, 2016

Utah Senate: Lee (R) 57%, Snow (D) 25%

While the presidential race in Utah is unusually close, Republican Senator Mike Lee appears poised to keep his seat against Democratic challenger Misty Snow.

October 20, 2016

Voters Put More Emphasis on a Candidate's Business Experience

Voters now rate a candidate's business past as more important to their vote than experience in government.

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October 20, 2016

With 19 Days to Go, Clinton’s Lead Is Bigger Than Ever by Larry J. Sabato, Kyle Kondik, and Geoffrey Skelley

The mist is lifting from the map of the United States and the moment of clarity for the 2016 general election campaign has arrived. Yes, there is still uncertainty about some states in the Electoral College. But nearly all of it comes in states that Mitt Romney won in 2012 or a couple of Barack Obama states that Hillary Clinton doesn’t need to win.

October 19, 2016

Democrats More Confident Their Nominee Will Help in Congress Races

Democrats are nearly twice as likely as Republicans to think their presidential nominee will help congressional candidates in their party.

October 19, 2016

Clinton, Trump Still Unpopular With Most Voters

Most voters still share unfavorable opinions of the two major party candidates for president.

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October 19, 2016

Despite All the Slime and Party Traitors, Donald Trump Still Has a Chance By Charles Hurt

Donald Trump is still in this race, and he can still win it.

October 19, 2016

Voters Rate A Candidate's Policies More Important Than Character

Nearly half of voters still say their choice this presidential election will be the lesser of two evils, although Trump supporters feel that way more strongly than Clinton voters do. Fortunately for both major party candidates who have been beset with questions about their honesty and integrity, most voters put their policy positions ahead of their character.

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October 19, 2016

Debate Depressive Disorder By Michelle Malkin

 How many more broadcast bust-ups will it take before America finally decides to make its presidential election debates tolerable again? I can't take it anymore. Can you?

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October 19, 2016

A Better Choice by John Stossel

Hillary Clinton is a manipulative, power-mad liar.

October 18, 2016

Voters Show More Support For a No-Fly Zone in Syria

The nature of U.S. involvement in the ongoing war in Syria has been one of the key foreign policy issues this presidential election season, and most voters now favor a no-fly zone in the embattled country despite increasing concern that it may bring the United States into a military confrontation with Russia.

October 18, 2016

Most Say Media, Not Russians, Tilting the Election

Most voters aren’t buying the story that the Russians are trying to manipulate the election for Donald Trump but think the U.S. media is trying to swing things for Hillary Clinton.

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October 18, 2016

The Left and the Masses By Thomas Sowell

The greatest moral claim of the political left is that they are for the masses in general and the poor in particular. That is also their greatest fraud. It even fools many leftists themselves.

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October 18, 2016

Is the System Rigged? You Betcha. by Patrick J. Buchanan

"Remember, it's a rigged system. It's a rigged election," said Donald Trump in New Hampshire on Saturday.

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October 18, 2016

Which Party Will Hold the Senate and House? By Michael Barone

Which party is going to control the House and hold a majority in the Senate in January 2017? Even if you regard the presidential contest as over -- a proposition for which there is powerful evidence, including Donald Trump's current campaign message choices -- the answers to those questions are, respectively, mildly and very unclear.   

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October 17, 2016

29% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction

Twenty-nine percent (29%) 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 October 13.

October 17, 2016

Utah President: It’s a Three-Way Tie

Utah hasn’t supported a Democratic presidential candidate since 1964, but new polling suggests that it could help elect one this year.

October 17, 2016

Democrats See Russia As Bigger Danger Than GOP, Unaffiliateds Do

Donald Trump views radical Islamic terrorism as the number one threat to the United States and has contradicted many in the foreign policy establishment by saying Russia would make a good ally in fighting that threat. Republicans and Trump supporters strongly agree that radical Islam is the bigger threat, but Democrats and Clinton voters tend to rate Russia as just as big a danger.