In April, we looked at likely voters in 4 key swing states and their thoughts about President Trump’s first 100 days. A lot’s happened since then – much of it seemingly bad for President Trump, including the expanding Russia investigation, unsuccessful health care legislation, and staff shake-ups at the White House. We wanted to know how Trump’s rough summer is impacting voters’ attitudes and how that might impact his fall agenda, so we went back into the field.
Trump’s First 100 Days: Swing State Deep Dive
As President Trump approaches 100 days in office, we took a closer look at voter sentiment in 4 swing states that Obama carried in 2012 and Trump carried in 2016: Florida, Wisconsin, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. There has been a lot of media coverage surrounding Trump’s false claims and stalled legislative agenda. We wanted to use data to dig deeper and learn what is really driving voters’ opinions.
Interesting Findings from Pre-RNC Convention Opinion Reads: Key Battleground States
Logic and conventional wisdom may have you believe that Democratic and Republican Presidential candidates should spend most of their time and energy focusing on voters who fall near the middle of the political spectrum… because Republicans can rely on support of conservatives and Democrats can rely on support of liberals.
Not this year.
This week Chuck Todd on Meet the Press featured 0ptimus analysis on its weekly political news show.
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From 4.11.16 – 4.14.16 an IVR based poll was conducted in New York of likely Republican presidential primary voters. The poll was has an N = 14,201(!), weighted, stratified listed sample at the statewide level and each individual congressional district. Yes, each congressional district. Delegate math junkies here is your fix.
There isn’t a way to sugar coat it: things look good for Trump in New York. He leads in all 27 of New York’s congressional districts, and it just gets better for him from there.
One of the biggest uncertainties surrounding Trump’s candidacy is what will happen if and when he makes it to the general election. Will Republicans outside of his notoriously loyal followers support him? Will nonpartisans flock to him in the way that he claims? Spoiler: the numbers aren’t promising (for him at least).
The tension between Donald Trump and Megyn Kelly has been one of the more entertaining aspects of the saga that is the 2016 Republican primary. It started with Megyn’s question about his treatment of women, continued as Trump struck out with some sexist comments, and peaked when Trump refused to attend the debate moderated by Kelly. All in all very entertaining in terms of political campaign drama.
From 3.22.16 – 3.24.16 an IVR based poll was conducted in Wisconsin of likely Republican presidential primary voters. The poll was has an N = 6,182(!), weighted, stratified listed sample at the statewide level and each individual congressional district. Yes, each congressional district. Delegate math junkies here is your fix.
From 3.22.16 – 3.24.16 an IVR based poll was conducted in New York of likely Republican presidential primary voters. The poll was has an N = 14,232(!), weighted, stratified listed sample at the statewide level and each individual congressional district. Yes, each congressional district. Delegate math junkies here is your fix.