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Which 2016 candidate has the best electoral record?

Imagine a world where viability was measured not by polls, fundraising prowess or buzz, but rather by career campaign records.

Now meet your new front-runner for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination: George Pataki.

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Shakeup continues at pro-Clinton super PAC

Guy Cecil, the new head of Priorities USA, has replaced the group’s recently hired finance director and hired two major ad-firms – the latest moves in a major makeover of the underperforming pro-Clinton super PAC.

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The Real Math Behind Hillary Clinton’s Candidacy

Elections are fundamentally about math, and the most fundamental of the fundamental factors is demographics—the ethnic and racial composition of the electorate.

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Polls show Clinton weakness in big states — and even the New Hampshire primary

Hillary Clinton has relaunched her campaign on Roosevelt Island with a 4,687-word speech. But it’s not clear whether she and her husband Bill Clinton can win four presidential elections as Franklin Roosevelt did.

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Bernie Sanders Continues to Surge

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders has seized the role of primary challenger to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the 2016 race, and shows no sign of relinquishing that spot anytime soon. The Hill reports today on the Clinton campaign’s struggles to deal with what seems an unlikely rival:

Sanders surge is becoming a bigger problem for Clinton

It may be time for Hillary Clinton to take the challenge from Sen. Bernie Sanders more seriously.

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Bernie Sanders surge forms backdrop for Hillary Clinton S.C. visit

This humid Southern city just a few miles from the Atlantic coast is far from Bernie Sanders’ home turf.

But his shadow seemed to follow Hillary Clinton as she made her second visit to South Carolina since declaring her presidential candidacy.

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Clinton’s Top Rivals: Bush, Paul, Rubio

Head-to-head matchups between the top Democratic and Republican candidates don’t mean much this point, but they can provide some clues about which candidates have both sufficient national name recognition and positive perceptions at this point. Bloomberg Politics provides analysis of recent polls in three key “swing” states showing three Republicans, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush and current U.S. Senators Marco Rubio and Rand Paul, to be competitive with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton:

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