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Voters aren’t attaching as much importance to the presidential candidates’ spouses as they did eight years ago.
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March 30, 2016
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?
February 11, 2016
Most Republicans Don’t Consider Trump A Conservative
Yes or no, is Donald Trump really a conservative? Many in the conservative establishment including prominent commentators and the editors of National Review magazine say he is not, but what do voters think?
February 9, 2016
How Does Bloomberg Impact a Clinton-Trump Race?
Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has made it official that he is considering entering this year’s presidential race as an independent. Early polling suggests a Bloomberg candidacy would be good for Donald Trump and bad for Hillary Clinton.
February 9, 2016
Will the Presidential Nominees Agree With You?
With the primary process finally underway, both Republicans and Democrats are more confident that the ideological leanings of their party's eventual presidential nominee will match theirs.
February 8, 2016
Obama, GOP Congress Aren't Much Help for Nominees
Voters still don’t see President Obama or the Republican-controlled Congress as an asset to their respective party’s presidential candidate, but GOP voters are far more likely to see their party’s legislators as a burden on the party’s nominee.
February 8, 2016
Trump Still Well Ahead Among GOP Voters Nationally
With tomorrow’s New Hampshire primary a make-or-break event for several of the candidates, Donald Trump still holds a double-digit lead nationally over his rivals for the Republican presidential nomination. Senators Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio are in a virtual tie for second place.
February 5, 2016
Clinton's Support Holds Steady Nationally
And then there were two. Following a near-tie in the Iowa caucus Monday, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders went toe-to-toe last night in a debate in New Hampshire, the setting of next week’s primary. Have the dynamics of the race changed?
February 2, 2016
Voters Predict Next President Likely A Republican
With just the first round of the presidential contest over, most voters still think the next occupant of the White House is likely to be a Republican.
January 28, 2016
Voters Are Cool to Candidates Born Outside the U.S.
It’s generally been considered legal for American citizens born outside the United States like Republican Ted Cruz to run for the presidency, but voters aren’t all that enthusiastic about such candidates.
