Things remain messy for the national Democratic party, with Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders refusing to exit the race for the presidential nomination amid clashes between his supporters and those of Hillary Clinton. But most Democrats think their party is likely to come together after its convention this summer and expect an important endorsement of Clinton from Sanders.
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders may be refusing to end his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, but most Democrats say it’s a lost cause.
A lot of men don’t like Hillary Clinton. Or at least that’s what our polling seems to suggest.
The U.S. economy historically has had an average growth rate of 3.3% but has fallen short of that number in every year of Barack Obama’s presidency. Still, his fellow Democrats give the president positive marks for his economic performance and think Hillary Clinton would do more of the same. Donald Trump, on the other hand, is expected to make the economy better by all voters - except Democrats.
Just over half of voters still think President Obama should be the one to pick the replacement for late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, although they don’t feel strongly about the president’s current nominee. But if the decision is pushed off, voters are closely divided over which presumptive presidential nominee would make the better choice.
Bernie Sanders has vowed to stay in the hunt for the Democratic presidential nomination to the very end, and voters in his party tend to think that’s okay. But Democrats are evenly divided over whether Sanders supporters or questionable party rules are to blame for recent campaign violence.
Voters think the media is even more prejudiced now against Donald Trump in favor of Hillary Clinton.
No wonder there’s an angry debate over illegal immigration in this country. Most Democrats believe people should be able to freely enter the United States at any time. Republicans strongly disagree, as do a majority of unaffiliated voters.
Are Democrats on track to nominate the wrong candidate? Hillary Clinton has now fallen behind Donald Trump in a head-to-head matchup, while Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders edges out the presumptive Republican presidential nominee.
Many politicians and activists claim there is a political “war on women” in America today, but voters are even more convinced that isn't true.
Nearly half of voters rate illegal immigration as Very Important to their vote in the upcoming presidential election. These voters don't like how President Obama's dealing with the problem and are much more confident that Donald Trump rather than Hillary Clinton will do a better job.
After weeks of escalated fighting between the Syrian regime and rebel factions, most voters here now consider Syria important to U.S. national security, but they still show little interest in getting more involved.
Voters see Donald Trump as a stronger military leader than Hillary Clinton, but most think they’ll be less safe no matter which of them wins the White House in November.
They may still be embroiled in a contentious primary race, but Democratic voters appear to want Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders to run on the same presidential ticket later this year.
Republicans feel even more strongly than other voters that their party’s vice presidential nominee is key to their vote this year, and Ben Carson and Newt Gingrich are early favorites for the job.
It's been said over the years that male political candidates need to be careful how they campaign against female opponents to avoid the appearance of bullying or sexism, but voters strongly disagree.
Vice President Joe Biden in a recent interview said he “would have been the best president” had he chosen to run in 2016, but most voters disagree.
The media may portray Bernie Sanders as a continuing political threat to Hillary Clinton, but voters aren’t buying:
They remain overwhelmingly convinced that Clinton is the likely Democratic presidential nominee for 2016.
Ask voters who is likely to be the next president of the United States, Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump, and it’s very close. Unaffiliated voters give the edge to “The Donald.”
The unexpected success of Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders in the 2016 presidential campaign has exposed the growing rift between the Democratic party establishment and the party’s more progressive wing. Still, Democratic voters are more likely than voters in general to think their party should identify with its presumptive nominee Hillary Clinton.
