Two of the three top GOP candidates in the Iowa caucuses are Latinos, a landmark that stands out even more considering some of Trump’s rhetoric on Mexico. In 2012,Latino voters chose Barack Obama over Mitt Romney71 percent to 27 percent. There is definitely room for the GOP to expand ...
But we were especially interested in how people’s predictions vary by whom they’re supporting. Do supporters of Rubio or Sanders think their candidate will pull off the upset? Who do Republicans think will win the Iowa Republican caucuses? PERCENTAGE WHO SAY THIS CANDIDATE WILL WIN GROUPTRUMP...
blamed fellow Republicans for worse-than-expected midterm results, arguing they were collectively too extreme on abortion. Many in the partypointed their fingers at him, making the case that he had backed flawed candidates. It was clear, at that point, that the 2024 GOP presidential primar...
41 days will pass from Iowa's Jan. 15 caucuses to the completion of South Carolina's primary on Feb. 24 — the longest it's taken a party to go from Iowa to Nevada or South Carolina (whichever voted last) since Nevadabecame an early-voting statein 2008. This...
Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate condemned Cruz’s tactic because “it is not in keeping in the spirit of the Iowa Caucuses.” Iowa Governor Terry Brandstad called the mailers “unethical and unfair.” The accused’s response: After criticism about the misleading mailers, Cruz said:“I wi...
Republicans picked up 63 seats during the 2010 wave election. From the 111th Congress to the 115th –from 2009 until 2018 – Democrats have gone from having 256 seats in the House to 193. That swing means that a lot of the old guard have either been voted out or retired, and the Dem...
The U.S. Supreme Court on June 24 overturned Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that had provided a constitutional right to abortion. The ruling was expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states, although the timing of those laws taking effect
In the months leading up to the Iowa caucuses in January - the first contest - Mitt Romney's support remained steady in national polls, while support for other candidates surged and fell. (See graph below showing CBS News and CBS News/New York Times Polls showed Rick Perry, Herman Cain,...
According to two political scientists interviewed in The Washington Post, the fact that the Iowa caucuses are not private means that people have an opportunity to engage with one another before they vote. This means that the caucuses are more democratic. Also, candidates have to engage with ...
Many said they were motivated to vote yes by the state Supreme Court’s conservative majority voting earlier this year to uphold an 1864 near-total abortion ban, which the Legislature narrowly repealed even as most GOP lawmakers voted to keep it in place. ...