Gary Johnson Reaches All-Time Polling High of 13% on Eve of GOP Convention
Two other national polls put the Libertarian's support at 11% and 8%
Two other national polls put the Libertarian's support at 11% and 8%
Over the past century, the prospects and circumstances of most of humanity have spectacularly improved
Estimates are highest for D.C. and Hawaii.
July 2016: 8% across dozens of national polls, TV all the time. July 2012: 4% in a couple polls, organizing protests outside CNN.
Wisconsin at an overall 16 percent especially strong for the Libertarian ticket.
A step-by-step guide to how the Libertarian Party nominee might make it onstage.
Journalists are hyping poll results that look quite different when Gary Johnson is properly included
At close yesterday the odds were 12-1 against leaving. Whoops.
Beyond drawing nearly 10%, the Libertarian is disproportionally attracting independents and Millennials, despite low name recognition
Yet all sides seem to support one really terrible solution.
Don't assume that the Libertarian is only poaching Republicans
Don't succumb to the fear that U.S. followers of Islam are time bombs waiting to explode.
Just over half of self-identified libertarians in the 18- to 29-year-old age range are white.
Other poll this week indicates he pulls more from Clinton than Trump. Fox poll shows him pulling 23 percent from independents, 18 percent from under-35s.
To be included in debate, a candidate must be polling at 15 percent in five mainstream news polls, only one of which currently includes Johnson.
Raising money, building an organization, fighting to get in the polls, and selling themselves as the best of both major parties.
Measuring the number of LGBT Americans is a challenge.
But with only 10 percent of polled actual delegates, the future of the Party remains uncertain.
The middle class is just as likely to get its way as are the rich, a new paper finds.
The decisions not to charge the cops responsible caused a spike in concern about race.
The first in a series of dispatches from PollsterCon
Think third-party candidates help throw the election to Clinton? Think again.
Polls paint an ambiguous picture.
RealClearPolitics had Clinton up almost 7 points in the Hoosier State.
Seize the means of production? Meh. Millennials love private enterprise-as long as you don't call it "capitalism."
Fearmongering seems to be backfiring
First place goes to former Klansman David Duke, who was disliked by slightly more Americans in 1992.
Mississippi voters against civil asset forfeiture.
Polls consistently show the public, when informed, opposes civil forfeiture.
The state of the electorate
Although the billionaire braggart's nomination looks increasingly likely, he is more disliked than any other presidential candidate.
Hillary Clinton was supposed to have the state locked up.
Are you among the timorous or will you embrace the hands-free future?
There are good reasons to doubt that conclusion.
The polls are pointing to big nights for Clinton and Trump, but primary state surveys are tricky.
More than half of GOP voters in the state say they made up their minds within the last week.
Marco Rubio, Jeb Bush, and Chris Christie say OK. Ted Cruz calls it "nuts."
The polls miss again.
He has more appeal to the young, to independents, and to those who worry most about government spending. But not enough appeal in any category.
Also in Iowa, Donald Trump tells crowd to "knock the crap" out of protesters.
Can the Trump and Sanders campaigns mobilize the voters they need to win?
So why is more big government on the menu for the election?
He's hardly alone in wanting to use government force to control others.
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