Memo to Trump: 'Action This Day!' By Patrick J. Buchanan
"In victory, magnanimity!" said Winston Churchill.
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November 11, 2016
November 11, 2016
Donald Trump's Astounding Victory: How and Why By Michael Barone
Astounding. That's the best word to describe the tumultuous election night and the (to most people) surprise victory of Donald Trump. Hillary Clinton hoped to win with votes of Northeasterners, including those who have moved south along Interstate 95 to North Carolina and Florida (44 electoral votes). Instead, Trump won with votes along the I-94 and I-80 corridors, from Pennsylvania through Ohio and Michigan to Wisconsin and Iowa (70 electoral votes).
November 11, 2016
Most Voters Want To Eliminate Electoral College
With Hillary Clinton holding a 0.9% lead over Donald Trump in the popular vote, 2016 appears to be the fourth time in U.S. history that the president-elect lost the overall vote but won the Electoral College to take the White House. Even before the election results came in, a majority of voters said the Electoral College needs to go.
November 10, 2016
More Voters Support Legalizing Recreational Pot
California, Massachusetts and Nevada are the latest states to legalize recreational use of pot, and nearly half of voters favor such a law where they live.
November 10, 2016
Voters Criticize This Year’s Election Media Coverage
Voters are pretty critical of the news coverage they got this election cycle, particularly those who relied on social media.
November 10, 2016
Voters See Trump’s Campaign As More Negative Than Clinton’s
Voters tend to think both presidential candidates ran mostly negative campaigns this year but feel President-elect Donald Trump's was far more negative than Hillary Clinton’s.
November 9, 2016
Mea Culpa, Mea Culpa, Mea Maxima Culpa By Larry J. Sabato, Kyle Kondik, and Geoffrey Skelley
Well, what can we say — we blew it.
November 9, 2016
What Issue Mattered Most on Election Day?
While most voters said the candidates’ policy positions were more important than their character, voters still place it high on the list of issues that influenced their vote in the presidential election.
November 9, 2016
Identity Politics in America: a Post-Mortem by Michelle Malkin
Here is what eight years of President Obama's "post-racial" reign have wrought.
November 9, 2016
More Voters Delayed A Decision This Year
Voters were a lot less certain how they were going to vote this year compared to the last two presidential elections, with one-in-four waiting until the final week to make up their minds.
November 9, 2016
Welcome, Democrats, To the Revolution By Charles Hurt
NEW YORK — Yes, Hillary, this revolution is real.
Tens of millions of voters cast ballots Tuesday for Hillary Clinton. Except for a relative handful of wealthy and connected people, nobody actually wanted to vote for her.
November 9, 2016
Issues Matter After All
The media created a false narrative about the 2016 presidential campaign, and most polling reinforced it.
November 8, 2016
The Issues That Define Election 2016
After months of bitter campaigning, decision day is finally here. So which issues are driving voters’ decisions this presidential election year?
November 8, 2016
Why Pollsters Disagree
The ultimate outsider is challenging the ultimate insider, and it’s driving the pollsters crazy.
November 8, 2016
Painful Choices By Thomas Sowell
Let's talk sense about the election. Nothing is to be gained by refusing to face the hard facts. What are those facts?
November 8, 2016
What Hath Trump Wrought? By Patrick J. Buchanan
"If I don't win, this will be the greatest waste of time, money and energy in my lifetime," says Donald Trump.
November 8, 2016
Most Say Presidential Vote Will Be Based on Controversies, Not Issues
Voters claim the issues count more than a candidate's character, but most think this year's presidential election will be decided by the controversies that have dogged the candidates and not their policy positions. But then most also don't consider their fellow Americans to be informed voters.
November 8, 2016
2016: The Demise of Small-r Republican Politics by Michael Barone
Among the many complaints I have seen about this squalid presidential election -- the most dismal choice of major-party nominees since 1856 -- there's one that I find missing: that it shows how our politics have become less republican.
November 7, 2016
30% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Thirty percent (30%) 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 November 3.
November 7, 2016
Voters Think Clinton More Likely to Have Plan for the Future
Voters are slightly more convinced that Democrat Hillary Clinton knows more than Republican Donald Trump where she wants to lead the country. But like most issues this political season, it depends on which party’s voters you ask.
