White working class voters make up an huge chunk of the electorate, but are strangely ignored by most politicians. Although they occupy very different parts of the political spectrum, uber-capitalist Donald Trump and socialist Bernie Sanders are making overt populist appeals to bring this long neglected voting bloc into their ranks.
The third quarter fundraising period for presidential campaigns is over, having closed Wednesday. Detailed numbers won’t be publicly available until later this week, but campaigns are free to report their results at any time. More than any other candidate, Jeb Bush needs to report a strong fundraising quarter to quell growing doubts about his campaign.
In just 8 months, Hillary Clinton has given up more than 30 points of support to Sanders and Biden. This collapse has come while she was the prohibitive favorite for the nomination and amassed a large campaign war chest and an enormous campaign organization.
It is no accident that Dr. Ben Carson is enjoying one of his biggest lifts in the polls as the media are was savaging him for views that offended them. It is a formula that has upended the GOP nomination fight.
The Department of Labor reported Friday that the economy gained just 142,000 jobs in September. The number was well below economists’ predictions of a 200,000 monthly gain.
GOP candidate Ben Carson’s campaign reported raising an impressive $20 million in the third Quarter reporting period. His take is double the amount raised in the second Quarter, powered by thousands of small dollar donations. Carson’s fundraising total has provided a yardstick to measure the other campaigns. That is, if they choose to report any numbers before they are made public next week. If the other campaigns don’t report any numbers, well, that too will tell us a lot.
Hillary Clinton supporters may dismiss polls showing a surging Sanders as an aberration of early polling, but Sanders’ money haul is much harder to explain away. Considering the fact that Sanders has a much smaller campaign operation, as David Axelrod conjectured on Twitter, he may actually have more cash-on-hand for the next phase of the campaign than Clinton. A large number of maxed-out donors to Hillary may now give money to Sanders, if only to hedge their bets.
The $100 million the Chamber plans to spend this cycle is close the triple the amount the group spent in 2012, when President Obama was running for reelection. In 2014, when the Chamber launched its effort to attack conservatives in primaries, the group spent close to $70 million.
Speaker John Boehner’s surprise announcement that he will retire from Congress at the end of October has put most of the House legislative work on hold. A possible showdown this week over federal funding for Planned Parenthood has evaporated as the House grasps with new leadership elections scheduled for next week.
Price-Gouging Drug Exec Shared $34k With Senate Democrats
On the campaign trail, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush frequently tries to allay concerns about the dynastic aspects of his candidacy. “I’m my own man,” Jeb said during a speech earlier this year, “and my views are shaped by my own thinking and experiences.” Former President George W. Bush hosted two fundraisers for Jeb last week. He and their father, George H.W. Bush, will host more.
Boehner’s Resignation Is Just A Symptom of GOP’s Ideological Rot
A new NBC/WSJ poll showed that outsiders continue to dominate the GOP field for President. Donald Trump continues to lead, but only edges Ben Carson, who is in second place, by one point. Businesswoman Carly Fiorina has surged into a third place with 11 percent, tied with Sen. Marco Rubio. Together, the three outsider candidates garner 52 percent of the GOP vote.
The poll, by WMUR/CNN, found Clinton leading GOP frontrunner Donald Trump by a modest amount, while both Vermont socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders and Vice President Joe Biden lead the real estate developer by 20 points. Donald Trump runs 12-13 points better against Clinton than either of the other potential Democrats. Hillary Clinton may still be a favorite for the Democrat nomination, but she looks increasingly like an underdog next November.
A new CNN/WMUR poll of New Hampshire Democrats finds VT socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders opening his biggest lead against presumptive frontrunner Hillary Clinton. Sanders has the backing of 46% of the state’s Democrat voters, while Clinton has just 30%. Vice President Joe Biden has the backing of 14% of Democrats in the Granite State.
A new poll of New Hampshire from CNN/WBUR finds Donald Trump holding on to his sizable lead in the first primary state. The race for the GOP nomination isn’t static, though, as Carly Fiorina has surged into second place and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson has slide to fourth.
While Hillary Clinton continues to have a strong lead, though, she fares worse in hypothetical general election match-ups than Vice President Joe Biden. Worse, however, Clinton has the lowest rating for being “honest and trustworthy” of any Presidential candidate.
A new Bloomberg Poll, conducted by legendary Iowa pollster Ann Selzer, finds Hillary Clinton the choice of just 33% of Democrats nationwide. Vice President Joe Biden, who isn’t yet a candidate, is backed by 25% of Democrats. Vermont socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders is third with 24% support. Clinton’s support is the lowest ever in the race for the Democrat nomination.
One-time frontrunner Jeb Bush had a very underwhelming performance during the second Republican presidential debate. He fumbled well-rehearsed attack lines and displayed a forced grin through most of the three-hour extravaganza.
The early departures of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and former Texas Gov. Rick Perry from the presidential race have, for many pundits, spotlighted the limitations of the unlimited funds available in campaign Super PACs. Both Walker and Perry raised impressive sums for their Super Pacs, but fell short of the hard campaign dollars they needed to sustain a national campaign.
A new poll from CNN/ORC finds the national race between frontrunner Hillary Clinton and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders essentially unchanged since last month. Both Clinton and Sanders have dropped slightly, but well within the margin of error. Vice President Joe Biden, however, has picked up almost 8 points in support, despite the fact that he isn’t yet a candidate.
The Bernie Sanders campaign is unveiling its “Artists & Cultural Leaders” caucus supporting the Vermont socialist’s campaign for President. Actors Will Ferrell, Danny DeVito, Susan Sarandon and some 100 other celebrities jointly signed a statement backing Sanders against Hillary Clinton for the Democrat nomination.
A new survey from NBC, taken in the wake of the second Republican debate, finds Donald Trump extending his lead for the nomination and support surging for businesswoman Carly Fiorina. Trump has 29 percent support, up from 22 percent last month.
A new poll from CNN/ORC finds Donald Trump continuing to lead the Republican field for President. In the aftermath of the second Republican debate, though, the rest of the field has been completely reshuffled. Carly Fiorina has surged into second place, Bush has dropped to fifth and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has seen his support collapse. Walker now registers no support in the national poll.
On Thursday, at a town hall event in New Hampshire, Donald Trump was confronted by an audience member who, when asking the candidate a question, described President Obama as a “Muslim” who “isn’t American.” Many members of the media were offended that Trump didn’t “correct” the man’s question.
Detroit resident Willie Burton is one of seven elected Police Commissioners, overseeing law enforcement in the troubled Motor City. He is also, according to MichiganLive news, currently living in Kentucky and working on Democrat Jack Conway’s campaign for Governor. Kentucky is one of three states electing governors this November.
Businesswoman Carly Fiorina made her debut on the main candidate stage Wednesday for CNN’s Republican Presidential Debate. She made the most of the opportunity, showing herself to be well-versed in the substance of many issues.
CBS/New York Times has a new poll showing rare good news for Hillary Clinton’s campaign. She still posts a solid 20-point lead over Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders for the Democrat nomination, earning 47 percent of Democrats’ support against Sanders’ 27 percent. Unfortunately for Hillary, though, her lead has been cut in half since last month.
Among likely primary voters, Sanders enjoys a solid 7-point lead over Clinton, 43-36 percent. Vice President Joe Biden trails with 13 percennt. With Biden out of the race, his supporters split evenly, with Sanders maintaining his 7 point lead over Clinton, 48-41 percent. New Hampshire’s open primary system, and same day registration, may overwhelm the Clinton campaign.
Just ahead of the second GOP debate, Trump leads the field with 28 percent in the nation’s first primary state. Carson is a distinct second with 17 percent. The only other candidate in double-digits is Ohio Governor John Kasich, with 11 percent support. Jeb Bush has shed almost half his support from the July survey.
Currently, Hillary Clinton has the support of 42 percent of Democrats nationally, the first time she has polled under 50 percent in the WaPo/ABC survey. Socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders has 24 percent and Vice President Joe Biden, who is not yet a candidate, has 21 percent. In other words, almost 60 percent of Democrats are no longer “ready for Hillary.”
It is vital to note that the American drop has occurred in just the last 15 years. At the start of the new century, and for much of its history, the United States was a bastion of economic freedom in the world. That is no longer the case. The loss of economic freedom in the U.S. is not the result of exogenous events or developments elsewhere in the world. It is the direct consequence of policy choices made by lawmakers and bureaucrats.
Sen. Bernie Sanders has opened a 22-point lead over Democrat frontrunner Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire, home of the nation’s first primary. In New Hampshire, Sanders beats Clinton in every age demographic. Among the youngest voters, though, he has a 62-point advantage over Clinton. Hillary Clinton does best among voters aged 45-64, but she still loses that group by 2 points.
Hillary Clinton earns the support of just 37 percent of Democrats for the nomination. Her support is down a staggering 21 points since the end of June. Her only rival with any kind of national recognition, socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, has 27 percent support. Vice-President Joe Biden, who is not a candidate, has 20 percent support. It is hard to overstate the weakness in Hillary Clinton’s position.
A new CNN/ORC poll finds Donald Trump continuing to dominate the Republican field for President. Trump has the support of a third of Republicans nationally in the crowded 17-candidate field. Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, a distant second, is the only other candidate to receive double-digit support. Although Jeb Bush currently sits third in the national poll, he is fast becoming the most polarizing candidate in the field. Almost half of Republicans, 47 percent, say they would be “dissatisfied” or “upset” if Bush were the nominee. Only 16 percent of Republicans would be “enthusiastic” with Bush leading the ticket.
A new Quinnipiac poll finds Sen. Bernie Sanders, the self-proclaimed socialist from Vermont, leading presumed frontrunner Hillary Clinton by one point in Iowa. Sanders has the support of 41 percent of likely caucus voters, Hillary 40 percent and Vice President Joe Biden receives 12 percent. This poll puts Sanders ahead of Clinton in both early voting states, Iowa and New Hampshire. Voters will not elect a candidate who they don’t trust or isn’t empathetic to their lives.
Throughout the summer months, support for Jeb Bush has weakened significantly. His once dominant poll position has given way to a number of political outsiders. The super pac supporting Bush’s candidacy, Right to Rise, though, has raised well over $100 million so far. With the Labor Day holiday over, the Bush campaign is taping into that war chest.
Hillary is supported by just 42 percent of Democrats, while Biden earns 22 and Sen. Bernie Sanders nabs 20 percent. More worrisome for Hillary, 63 percent of Democrats now either back Biden or would seriously consider supporting him if he ran for the nomination.
House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell “should go” if they don’t pass conservative legislation when Congress reconvenes this week, says former businesswoman Carly Fiorina.
Two state polls from NBC/Marist, released Sunday, show Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is now ahead of Hillary by 11 points in New Hampshire, the first primary state. In Iowa, Hillary is still ahead of Sanders, but she only earns 38 percent of the vote among Hawkeye Democrats.
