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How Donald Trump rewired the 2016 campaign

This is not the race Jeb Bush expected to run. The plan was to craft a policy-focused campaign, with scores of policy aides hired to help him articulate meaty ideas on the trail and distinguish himself as a policy-oriented candidate. He expected to run “joyfully” and with a message of optimism.

Could Donald Trump Unite Values Voters in 2016?

There’s little about Donald Trump that makes him the obvious choice of evangelical Christian voters. And yet Mr. Trump’s pull among evangelicals is proving to be one more example of his ability to defy the traditional rules of politics.

Get ready for a second GOP debate with even more fireworks

The rapidly shifting dynamic of the 2016 presidential campaign will probably turn the second Republican debate into a far more contentious event than the first.

Ben Carson has highest net favorability in 2016 GOP field; Donald Trump’s numbers jump up: Gallup

Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson has the highest net favorability of the 17 major GOP candidates running for president in 2016 among Republicans, with rival Donald Trump seeing the biggest increase over the past few weeks, according to survey results released Friday.

Donald Trump dominates the new Monmouth national poll of the Republican presidential race — in every category except one.

Trump leads the horse race, with 30 percent, to Ben Carson’s 18 percent, with Jeb Bush and Ted Cruz tied for third at 8 percent.

Insiders: Scott Walker the biggest loser of the summer

It’s been a cruel summer for Scott Walker and Martin O’Malley.

That’s the assessment of this week’s POLITICO Caucus, our weekly bipartisan survey of the top activists, operatives and strategists in Iowa and New Hampshire.

Hillary Rodham Clinton’s popularity is sinking as the spotlight on her campaign intensifies, according to a new ABC News-Washington Post poll that shows the American electorate growing more polarized along racial lines.