The Trump/Clinton race is now tied
The unpopularity race, that is. In that respect, they’re both winners.
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Is there evidence for a “monster” Trump vote?
A reader kindly sent me a link to this article at American Thinker by Thomas Lifson, which gives some hope to Trump supporters that the so-called “Monster vote” for Trump may be emerging. Lifson bases his piece on this post … Continue reading →
Do you ever think…
…that we’ve reached the end of what there is to say about Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump? I realize that there’s always more, of course. Time doesn’t stand still. Things happen. Words come out of their mouths. New gaffes, new … Continue reading →
How can you tell when a campaign is ahead (and more on polls and Shy Tories)?
In yesterday’s post on how to tell when a candidate’s losing, commenter “Ackler” posed an interesting question: I agree, Neo, that yard signs and campaign crowds are of little relevance (although this year is utterly atypical and should make everyone … Continue reading →
Polls, Florida, Trump, and the black vote
Polls in Florida can be used to illustrate the idea that Trump is staging a huge comeback, or that he’s hopelessly behind. There’s one that says he’s doing pretty well there (2 points ahead of Hillary) and two others that … Continue reading →
Trump’s “softening”on immigration: why is this considered news?
I repeat: why is this considered news?: Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said Tuesday he is open to “softening” laws dealing with illegal immigrants in a “Hannity” town hall with Fox News’ Sean Hannity. His remarks were the latest sign … Continue reading →
How can you tell a campaign is way behind?
This post may seem to be about Donald Trump’s campaign, and it certainly was sparked by things I’ve been noticing about that campaign. But my aim is to describe some phenomena I’ve noticed over the years about campaigns in general, … Continue reading →
The Titanic election
Have you noticed that a lot of news aggregate websites are completely consumed by links to articles about this election? That happens every election year to a certain extent, but this year it seems completely out of hand. Remember how, … Continue reading →
The essential Trump According to Neo-neocon
Commenter “Thomas Doubting” has made a request in the “Mr. Trump regrets” thread: Neo, it seems you’ve been writing about this for some time and I’ve missed a number of good posts. If it wouldn’t take much time, could you … Continue reading →
The new Clinton emails and the Osgood election
The FBI has announced the discovery of 15,000 heretofore undisclosed Hillary Clinton emails from her tenure as Secretary of State. That’s a lot; half again as many as the 30,000 to which Clinton has previously owned up: The documents were … Continue reading →
Mr. Trump regrets
There’s been a lot of praise for a prepared speech Donald Trump gave last night in North Carolina that emphasized his role as a voice for the common man/woman against a corrupt elite. That’s a good approach, I think, in … Continue reading →
Trump and the black vote—fun with statistics
Several commenters have pointed out that Trump made a speech recently that appealed to black voters. Here’s how commenter Richard Saunders describes it, for example: Trump makes the best speech of the campaign, and is the one of the first, … Continue reading →