2016 Campaign Watch
Clinton aims at Utah
It’s a sign of just how unconventional a year 2016 has been that Utah, traditionally a bastion of Republican support, is potentially competitive this November, as The Washington Post reports:
Clinton now sees heavily Republican Utah as winnable, her running mate says
Hillary Clinton’s campaign is making “a strong play” to win Utah, a state that Democrats have not carried since 1964, her running mate, Tim Kaine, said Thursday…
Trump and Clinton were knotted at 26 percent in Utah, with independent candidate Evan ...
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Trump’s base shows cracks
Republican candidates for president have typically received substantial support from the evangelical community. As a result of recently unearthed controversial comments, Donald Trump is in danger of losing support from at least the female half of that demographic, at least according to a Politico article this morning:
How Long Can Evangelical Woman Stay Behind Donald Trump?
Over the weekend, as Donald Trump’s sexually aggressive comments on a leaked tape blew up the news cycle and threatened to sink his candidacy, a bulwark of ...
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Trump debate performance steadies his campaign
It’s been a rough couple of weeks for Donald Trump but last night’s debate performance seems, at least according to many political observers, to have at least slowed the decline. Politico offers the following assessment based on its survey of political strategists, operatives, and activists:
GOP insiders: Trump’s off life support
Swing-state Republicans are breathing a sigh of relief, convinced that embattled GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump successfully took the fight to Hillary Clinton in Sunday night’s acrimonious town-hall debate…
Most importantly, Republicans ...
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