24% Opt Out of a Clinton-Trump Race
Nearly one-in-four voters say they will stay home or vote third party if Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are the major party presidential candidates.
Election 2016
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April 28, 2016
April 27, 2016
OK, Republicans – Trump or Clinton?
It’s moment of truth time for the #Never Trump crowd: Do you want four years of Hillary Clinton in the White House or a Republican president you strongly disagree with?
April 20, 2016
Voters See Growing Divide Between Voters, Party Leaders
The surprising level of support for Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders suggests voters in the two major parties are getting more extreme in their thinking than their respective party leaders. A sizable number of voters agree, though Democrats are more likely than Republicans to think their party’s voters and leaders are in sync.
April 12, 2016
Most Republicans Say Kasich, Cruz Ready to Be President, Not Trump
Most Republicans think Texas Senator Ted Cruz and Ohio Governor John Kasich have what it takes to be president, but GOP voters are evenly divided over whether the same is true of Donald Trump. Among all voters, however, only Kasich fills the bill.
April 12, 2016
Democrats See Clinton As More Qualified Than Sanders To Be President
Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders entered a war of words recently over whether the other is qualified for the White House. Democrats see Clinton as more qualified, but voters in general are more critical of both candidates’ credentials.
April 11, 2016
GOP Voters Still See Trump’s Chances for Nomination Better than Cruz’s
Ted Cruz may have picked up more delegates than Donald Trump in recent days, but Republican voters don’t rate his chances for their party’s presidential nomination nearly as highly yet.
April 11, 2016
No Trump, No Show for 33% of GOP Voters
Members of the establishment in both major political parties worry that supporters of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders will not align with the party’s eventual nominee if their guy isn't chosen, but that appears to be a much more serious problem for Republicans than for Democrats.
April 7, 2016
GOP’s Ryan Loses to Clinton, Sanders
Some top Republicans see House Speaker Paul Ryan as the party’s savior if they can just make him the GOP presidential nominee. But Ryan loses to both major Democratic candidates in head-to-head matchups, with roughly a quarter of Republicans looking somewhere else.
March 30, 2016
Are Candidates' Wives Key to a Campaign?
Voters aren’t attaching as much importance to the presidential candidates’ spouses as they did eight years ago.
March 30, 2016
Only 31% of GOP Voters Care If Failed Hopefuls Support Nominee
It’s down and dirty time for the GOP. All three remaining Republican candidates refused to say at a CNN town hall last night whether they would support the party’s eventual presidential nominee if they didn’t win.
March 18, 2016
Trump Still Holds 15-Point Lead Over Cruz
Support for all three of the remaining Republican candidates has grown with the narrowing of the field, but Donald Trump still holds a double-digit lead over both his rivals for the GOP presidential nomination.
March 15, 2016
Voters Say Presidential Candidates Follow The Money, Not the Voters
It's no surprise the populist campaigns of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders have made waves this election season, considering the majority of voters think presidential candidates are more concerned with what their big donors think than with the concerns of the voters.
March 10, 2016
Must Failed Wannabes Support Their Party’s Nominee?
All the major presidential candidates have pledged to support the eventual nominee of their respective political parties, but voters say that’s not a must.
March 9, 2016
“Never Trump” or “Always Trump”?
Love him or hate him, Republican front-runner Donald Trump has been the star of the 2016 presidential race so far, drawing the ire of many in the GOP establishment who coined the phrase “Never Trump” as an expression of their opposition on social media.
March 8, 2016
24% of GOP Voters Are Very Likely to Vote for Trump If He Runs as a Third-Party Candidate
It could be bad news for the Republican establishment as it wages an unprecedented effort to stop Donald Trump from winning the party’s presidential nomination...
March 2, 2016
Clinton Edges Ahead of Trump in Presidential Matchup
Donald Trump may still be winning Republican state primaries, but Hillary Clinton has now moved ahead of him in a hypothetical presidential matchup.
March 1, 2016
GOP Voters, Unaffiliateds More Influenced by Debates Than Democrats Are
Republicans and unaffiliated voters are more likely than Democrats to have changed candidates as a result of the 10 GOP and six Democratic presidential campaign debates. But most voters who have followed the debates are pretty much where they were before it all began.
February 29, 2016
Support for Clinton Up Among Democrats Nationally
More Democrats than ever now support Hillary Clinton’s bid for their party’s presidential nomination.
February 23, 2016
Trump’s Lead Grows with Jeb Out of the Race
With Jeb Bush out, Donald Trump has widened his lead in the race for the Republican presidential nomination.
February 16, 2016
Clinton vs. Trump: Whom Do Voters Trust on the Big Issues?
The presidential race is still shaping up as Donald Trump vs. Hillary Clinton. So which of the two likely candidates do voters trust more on several of the key issues facing the nation?
