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Peter SchorschFebruary 29, 2016

If you want to better understand this year’s presidential election, you should read about a campaign almost 200 years old. In 1828, Andrew Jackson became the first president of the United States who wasn’t a founding father or son of a founding father. Jackson rode a wave of anti-Washington sentiment all the way to the […]

Steve SchaleFebruary 29, 2016

Here are some interesting tidbits about the Florida primary: Well over 3 million people will vote in the Presidential Preference Primary. Tampa should be the largest voting market for both parties, albeit more so for the GOP. If African American and Hispanic turnout is high for Democrats, Miami could outpace Tampa. For Republicans, Florida is […]

Scott PowersFebruary 29, 2016

U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson, a U.S. Senate candidate, has thrown his endorsement and super delegate vote to Vermont U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders in the Democratic presidential race. Grayson made the decision after asking his supporters to help him decide between Sanders and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Grayson’s campaign said his effort, run through […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 29, 2016

A new University of North Florida statewide poll of likely Democratic primary voters reveals that if the Florida Democratic Presidential Primary were held today, 54.4 percent would vote for Hillary Clinton, while Bernie Sanders trails with 24.2 percent. It’s the second consecutive poll released within the past few days to show a wide Clinton lead. A Quinnipiac survey released on […]

Associated PressFebruary 29, 2016

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The final-days sprint to Super Tuesday has erupted into a feud over a white supremacist as Donald Trump‘s Republican rivals scramble to stop the billionaire businessman from becoming an “unstoppable” force in the 2016 presidential contest. Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio continued to hammer the GOP front-runner’s character and lack of policy specifics in a […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 29, 2016

A day before the biggest day of the 2016 presidential election cycle, Donald Trump‘s lead nationally in the GOP presidential race is at an all-time high. A CNN-ORC poll released on Monday has Trump at 49 percent support. Marco Rubio is a distant second with 16 percent. Ted Cruz is third with 15 percent. Ben […]

Peter SchorschFebruary 26, 2016

As we noted in both salt shaker tests on the two recent Florida polls (Quinnipiac and AIF polls), the method used by Quinnipiac likely favors an outsider insurgent. Why is that? Quinnipiac asked randomly dialed Floridians to indicate first whether or not they were a registered voter, then which party they belonged to and then […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 26, 2016

Florida Democrats aren’t feeling the Bern. At least not in significant numbers, as a Quinnipiac poll out Friday shows Hillary Clinton leading Bernie Sanders in the Florida Democratic Primary, 59 percent to 33 percent. Women back Clinton 69-24 percent, while men go 47 percent for Sanders and 43 percent for Clinton. Clinton is doing well […]

Peter SchorschFebruary 25, 2016

If you want to better understand this year’s presidential election, you should read about a campaign almost 200 years old. In 1828, Andrew Jackson became the first president of the United States who wasn’t a founding father or son of a founding father. Jackson rode a wave of anti-Washington sentiment all the way to the […]

Peter SchorschFebruary 24, 2016

The field of 17 candidates is now down to just five, but the heavy favorite in tonight’s GOP Nevada caucus remains Donald Trump, fresh off his 10-point victory in South Carolina on Saturday night. A poll taken last week had the NYC business mogul up by over twenty points over Marco Rubio. Thirty delegates are at stake, […]

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Peter Schorsch: Andrew Jackson wrote this tune, Donald Trump is just singing along

Steve Schale: Florida’s presidential primary is late, but significant

Alan Grayson throws endorsement, super-delegate vote to Bernie Sanders

Hillary Clinton leads Bernie Sanders 54%-24% in Florida, UNF poll shows

Racial feud erupts as Republicans fight “unstoppable” Donald Trump

Donald Trump at 49% nationwide among GOP voters in new CNN/ORC poll

Why the Quinnipiac poll spells T-R-O-U-B-L-E for Bernie Sanders

Hillary Clinton leads Bernie Sanders 59-33 in Florida in Quinnipiac poll

Andrew Jackson wrote this tune, Donald Trump is just singing along

Live-blog of Nevada’s GOP caucuses – Marco Rubio edges out Ted Cruz for second place