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Media Influence in the 2016 Campaign
The influence of the media in how political campaigns unfold is nothing new — although the type and nature of that influence can be hotly contested.
Every candidate at some point comes to believe the media is being unfair to them in some way, and often with good reason. A couple of recent stories regarding how the media is shaping the 2016 campaign demonstrate the point.
Consider the case of businesswoman Carly Fiorina, who by nearly every account is surging in the polls ... Read More >>
Ben Carson Quietly Builds Support Among Likely Primary Voters
Don’t forget Ben Carson.
The retired pediatric neurosurgeon isn’t generating the headlines or drawing the crowds of Donald Trump, but his numbers in some surveys suggest the appetite for his presidential candidacy might be just as great, if not greater.
Read More >>Donald Trump’s net favorability rating among Hispanics: -51
Donald Trump’s bromides on undocumented immigrants appear to have deeply damaged whatever appeal he might have once had among Hispanic voters.
Read More >>Trump dominates GOP field in S.C. poll
Donald Trump holds a commanding lead among likely Republican primary voters in South Carolina, according to a new Monmouth University poll released Tuesday.
Read More >>GOP leaders from two states reportedly plot strategy to slow down Trump
Republican leaders in two states reportedly are plotting to make presidential candidate Donald Trump’s quest for the GOP nomination a lot harder.
Read More >>Why Does Donald Trump Need a Ground Game, Anyway?
If there is any is any consensus among political professionals about Donald Trump’s candidacy it is that, to sustain his summertime boom, he will need to spend his autumn developing a campaign beyond bombastic speeches and ubiquitous television interviews. In the usual formulation, this is understood to center around a field organization positioned to have individualized contact with voters in the early primary states.
Read More >>Why Donald Trump Won’t Fold: Polls and People Speak
In the command centers of Republican presidential campaigns, aides have drawn comfort from the belief that Donald J. Trump’s dominance in the polls is a political summer fling, like Herman Cain in 2011 — an unsustainable boomlet dependent on megawatt celebrity, narrow appeal and unreliable surveys of Americans with a spotty record of actually voting in primaries.
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