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April 25, 2016
April 25, 2016
Afghanistan Is A More Urgent Matter For Voters
With increasing concern about the threat of terrorism here and abroad, voters are placing more importance on the war in Afghanistan, now in its 14th year, although less than half favor keeping U.S. troops there another year.
April 23, 2016
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending April 23, 2016
Next Tuesday is likely to tell the tale after this week’s New York primaries put Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump back on track.
April 22, 2016
What's Up with Black Voters? By Ted Rall
Thomas Frank made a splash a decade ago with a bestseller called "What's the Matter With Kansas?" In his book, Frank attempted to answer the question: why do so many Americans -- working-class Americans -- vote against their economic and social interests -- i.e., Republican?
April 22, 2016
Most Are Pro-Environment But Don't Thank Earth Day
While most Americans say they’ve donated time or money to clean up the environment, they don’t feel strongly that Earth Day, a tradition established in 1970, has been all that important in increasing environmental consciousness.
April 22, 2016
New York's Home-State Winners Have November Problems By Michael Barone
Home-state candidates notched up impressive victories in New York's presidential primaries Tuesday. Donald Trump topped 50 percent for the first time -- and handsomely, with 60 percent of Republican votes. And Hillary Clinton won 58 percent of Democratic votes in her adopted home state.
April 22, 2016
Dishonoring General Jackson By Pat Buchanan
In Samuel Eliot Morison's "The Oxford History of the American People," there is a single sentence about Harriet Tubman.
April 22, 2016
Trump Change: Is ‘The Donald’ Back?
The Trump train appears to be back on track following his big win in Tuesday’s New York primary.
April 21, 2016
Texting During the Movie? No Way
Last week, movie theater chain AMC announced plans to allow text messaging in certain theaters during movie screenings, then quickly reversed its decision after a swift backlash. But even the mention of the idea was enough to get people talking, and their reaction was decisive: no texting during the movie.
April 21, 2016
One-in-Four Say They’ve Been Helped by Obamacare
A major national insurer’s announcement that it is cutting back its involvement due to big financial losses is the latest problem besetting Obamacare. Few voters want to leave the health care law as is, even though more than ever say they have benefited from it.
April 21, 2016
Primaries Versus Caucuses: The Score So Far in 2016 By Larry J. Sabato
Unfair! Rigged! Corrupt!
We’re hearing a lot of harsh adjectives being applied to aspects of the presidential nominating system this year — from “double-agent” delegate placement on the Republican side that may frustrate the plurality of GOP voters, to the establishment-based superdelegates (fully 15% of the convention, though down from 19% in 2008) on the Democratic side.
April 21, 2016
Americans Still Sour About Government Bailouts of Big Banks
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders may not be winning most of the state presidential primaries, but his strong criticism of the government’s treatment of Wall Street institutions certainly resonates with most Americans.
April 20, 2016
How Trump Could Win the Republican Nomination in Five (Not-So) Easy Steps By Kyle Kondik and Geoffrey Skelley
Let’s get the easy part out of the way first. Bernie Sanders went into the New York Democratic primary with essentially no path to catching Hillary Clinton in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, and he leaves it with even less of a path after Clinton’s victory. Despite some national polls showing the race effectively a tie, Clinton has a lead in pledged delegates and superdelegates that Sanders cannot catch. Unless Clinton is somehow forced from the race, she will be the nominee. Sanders assuredly still has some victories to come, but the eventual outcome really is not in doubt.
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 20, 2016
Ted Cruz Fails to Heed Own Advice, Get Out of Race He Can’t Win By Charles Hurt
What strange bedfellows and broken pretzels politics do make!
April 20, 2016
Clinton vs. Trump - The Hand We’ve Been Dealt
The presidential contest that no one ever expected and many claim not to want is back on track and coming to your ballot box this fall.
April 20, 2016
Yes, We Need a Canadian Border Wall By Michelle Malkin
Canada's sloppy, rushed and reckless Syrian refugee resettlement program is America's looming national security nightmare.
April 19, 2016
Voters Still Lean Right on Fiscal Issues, Closely Divided on Social Policy
Voters remain more conservative on money issues than on those that pertain to social matters, but attitudes really haven’t changed much in recent years. Democrats and Republicans continue to disagree.
April 19, 2016
New York Exceptionalism and Donald Trump By Michael Barone
Noo Yawk. That's the state with this week's presidential primary, in which candidates who have spent time in New York recently are currently running ahead, according to polls.
