Outside the Beltway

Donald Trump’s support among African-Americans is at historic lows, and seems unlikely to recover.

New polling from the states has good news for Hillary Clinton, and an even less plausible path to 270 for Donald Trump.

The Old Dominion seems like it’s going to be even more firmly Democratic in 2016.

The first round of post-convention polls is now complete, and it’s not looking good for The Donald.

In a sign of just how bad the trends are right now for Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton is gaining ground in states that Mitt Romney won four years ago.

It’s been a bad week for Donald Trump, something he can ill-afford with less than 100 days left until Election Day.

Post-convention polling at the state level holds some bad news for the Trump campaign.

Hillary Clinton appears to be doing very well in the wake of the first round of post-convention polls.

Looking at the Electoral College, it’s already apparent that Donald Trump’s campaign faces a daunting, perhaps impossible, path to victory.

The one with the better convention seems to have lost ground over the last two weeks.

The worst convention in history has given Trump a yuuge bounce.

While a Clinton landslide seems obvious after the dumpster fire of a Republican convention, the race is close.

A look at the state of the race before the two party conventions begin.

A new poll suggests that the decision not to bring charges related to her use of a private email server will likely have only a minimal impact on Hillary Clinton’s campaign.

A new poll finds strong public support for enhanced background checks and barring people on Federal watch lists from purchasing weapons.

Hillary Clinton holds solid leads over Donald Trump in seven battleground states.

One result from the new NBC News poll shows us how important it is to pay attention to how poll questions are phrased.

Donald Trump has had a bad June, and it’s showing in the poll numbers.

Donald Trump has a steep hill to climb to reverse a quarter century trend.

As expected, the Senate rejected four gun control measures introduced in the wake of the attack in Orlando.

It’s still early in the cycle, but Donald Trump’s poll numbers are already historically bad.

A new poll shows that public opinion about Donald Trump is at the lowest point its been since he entered the race. That bodes poorly for Trump, and for the the political party that has chosen to nominate him for President.

Libertarian Party Presidential nominee Gary Johnson is doing quite well in the polls, when pollsters bother to include him.

Hillary Clinton has a slight lead in national polling over Donald Trump as the battle for the White House really begins.

The Clinton campaign probably thought the email story was behind them. The new report from the State Department’s Inspector General shows just how wrong they were about that.

Several recent polls have shown the race between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton tightening, but it likely means far less than the media hype makes it sound like.

A new poll indicates that the argument that the name “Redskins” is disparaging is not an accurate statement of how Native Americans themselves feel about the issue.

Nearly one year after the Supreme Court’s historic decision, public support for same-sex marriage continues to rise even among groups that were previously strongly opposed to it.

As we begin to head into General Election season, a few things to remember about the avalanche of polls to come.

It may be the talk of Washington, but the political fight over Justice Scalia’s vacant Supreme Court seat does not seem to be something voters care very much about.

With voters in five states set to go to the polls, both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are likely to make significant progress toward their quest for a majority of delegates in their respective contests.

The two men most likely to win the Republican nomination aren’t very well liked outside the Republican Party.

A new poll finds that Donald Trump is really, really disliked by voters, but it’s unclear how much that will matter going forward.

Even as the outcome becomes more certain, Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton seem to be attacking each other with increasing acrimony.

Ted Cruz and Donald Trump are locked in battle in a primary that could decide whether or not Donald Trump can get a majority of delegates prior to the GOP Convention.

There are some signs of hope out of Wisconsin for those trying to stop Donald Trump.

Conservatives are doing all they can to make sure Merrick Garland does not get either a hearing or a vote in the Senate, and it’s working.

Another Republican Senator has broken ranks and called for hearings on the nomination of Merrick Garland, as another poll shows most Americans support hearings as well.

Looking at the delegate math, Donald Trump’s path to victory seems to be becoming clearer by the day.

It increasingly appears that the GOP is on the losing side of the argument over whether to hold hearings and a vote on the nomination of Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court.

One week after Marco Rubio left the race, Donald Trump’s hold on the lead in the GOP Presidential race seems as solid as ever.

With President Obama becoming the first American President to visit Cuba in 88 years, a new poll finds majority support for his changes in Cuba policy.

Less than twenty-four hours before voting starts, Donald Trump looks to do very well on what is arguably the most important day of the campaign.

Given the stakes headed into the latest version of ‘Super Tuesday,’ last night’s Republican debate was surprisingly subdued.

The President could nominate someone to fill the vacancy created by Antonin Scalia’s death as soon a next week, but Republicans in the Senate remain firmly committed to their decision to deny the as yet unnamed nominee any consideration.

Less than a week before what may be the most important week of the campaign, Donald Trump is in very good shape. Marco Rubio and John Kasich? Not so much.

Both Donald Trump and Ohio Governor John Kasich face big tests in tomorrow’s Michigan primary.

Bernie Sanders won two of the three Democratic contests last night, but he fell further behind in the delegate count any way and isn’t very far from being mathematically eliminated.

Another poll shows that most Americans would prefer that the vacancy on the Supreme Court be filled by President Obama than that it be left open for the next President to fill, but other factors make it unlikely the Senate will act.

As expected, Donald Trump dominated Super Tuesday, putting himself one step closer to becoming the Republican nominee for President.