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October 27, 2016The 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.

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                            October 26, 2016Nevada 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.

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                            October 26, 2016Utah 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.

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                            October 26, 2016More 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, 2016Hillary's Climate of Hate By Michelle Malkin
Who are the haters? Who are the autocrats? Who are the serial abusers of power? 
October 26, 2016Trump 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, 2016The 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.

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                            October 25, 2016Voters 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.

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                            October 25, 2016Voters 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.

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                            October 25, 2016Nevada 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, 2016Dump Duterte -- for Starters By Patrick J. Buchanan
Alliances are transmission belts of war.  
October 25, 2016Immigration 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.
October 25, 2016The Politics These Two Unpopular Nominees Hath Wrought by Michael Barone
In last week's third and (thank goodness) final presidential debate, each candidate did an excellent job of presenting convincing arguments for why people shouldn't vote for the other.
October 24, 201631% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Thirty-one percent (31%) 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 20.

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                            October 24, 2016Most Fear Voter Fraud, Say Candidates Shouldn't Accept Early Results
Hillary Clinton was shocked at Donald Trump’s statement during the final presidential debate that he will wait until the election results are final before accepting them because he's concerned about potential voter fraud. But most voters think that’s the right decision.

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                            October 22, 2016What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending October 22, 2016
The debates are done. Is it a race or a runaway? Depends on whom you ask.
October 21, 2016The Four Things Hillary Could do to Close the Deal Against Trump By Ted Rall
She's ahead in the polls by roughly three to four points. Given her opposition, however, Hillary Clinton ought be doing a lot better than that.
Consider Clinton's structural advantages over Donald Trump.

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                            October 21, 2016Most Still Say Clinton Should Have Been Indicted
Most voters still disagree with the FBI's decision not to seek a criminal indictment of Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton over her mishandling of classified information when she was secretary of State, and even more rate the issue as important to their vote.
October 21, 2016An 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."
October 21, 2016Despite 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.