2016 Campaign Watch

With only a little over a month to go until the Republican convention in Cleveland, the topic of running mates for both the Democratic and Republican presumptive nominees has risen towards the top. This morning the Politico Caucus offers it’s thoughts on who likely GOP standard-bearer Donald Trump should pick:

GOP insiders: Trump should pick Newt for vice president

GOP members of The POLITICO Caucus – a panel of activists, strategists and operatives in 10 key battleground states – splintered this week ...

The November election seems set for a showdown between Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump (although third-party challenges, plus the possibility of a delegate rebellion for the GOP, muddy the waters somewhat). Politico this morning released its first assessment of where the candidates stand in eleven key states, and at the moment it appears to favor Clinton:

Battleground boss: Clinton leads Trump across swing-state map

As the 2016 general election begins, Clinton holds a 5-point overall advantage in the POLITICO Battleground ...

The Washington Post has an interesting article this morning suggesting that the key to businessman Donald Trump‘s victory in November is likely to be voters without a college education:

To win, Trump needs to get non-college grads to the polls. Here’s why that will be hard.

Donald Trump won the Republican nomination for president in large part because of voters who have not graduated from college. In the Indiana primary, for example, Trump won 47 percent of the vote among college grads ...