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A month of extensive New Hampshire advertising on Jeb Bush’s behalf has failed to boost his support and likely Republican primary voters there view him as inferior to frontrunner Donald Trump on most key attributes.

USA TODAY GOP Power Rankings: Trump back in charge

Four weeks ago, we were predicting the demise of Donald Trump. Today, his grip on the GOP nominating contest seems as strong as ever.

Twenty-one of the 30 political experts we survey each week gave first-place marks to Trump this week, his highest total since Week 3 of our Power Rankings survey.

Trump and Carson pick up steam in GOP poll, Fiorina fades

The summer of Donald Trump has apparently not cooled off as fall has taken hold, with the business tycoon getting his highest marks yet in a NBC News/ Wall Street Journal poll out Monday.

Third-Quarter Fundraising Stratifies the Candidates

All the candidates for president have filed their fundraising reports for the third quarter with the Federal Election Commission, and the general view is that candidates have separated into three distinct categories: those raising enough money to mount credible campaigns in the early nominating contests as well as the later caucuses and primaries; those raising enough to fund one- or two-state campaigns in Iowa and/or New Hampshire and hoping to use early success in order to propel them into contention; ... Read More >>

Cash-rich Clinton towers over the GOP field

Republican and Democratic presidential candidates hauled in an enormous $144 million in the third quarter of 2015 but the vast majority of the money flowed into only a handful of campaigns, leaving the 2016 race distinctively stratified into the haves, the have-notes and the hopeless.

Christie raises $4.2 million in third quarter

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s (R) presidential campaign raised $4.2 million in the third quarter of 2015, The Wall Street Journal reports.

Christie spent $2.8 million during that time, ending with $1.4 million in cash on hand.

See who is likely to make the cut, and who’s on the bubble, for the next GOP debate.