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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton leads Republican rival Donald Trump by 8 percentage points among likely voters, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll released on Friday. The Aug. 14-18 survey showed 42 percent of Americans supported Clinton ahead of the Nov. 8 general election.
Libertarian Party candidate for president Gary Johnson, a former New Mexico governor, and vice-presidential candidate William Weld, former governor of Massachusetts, hold a campaign rally at The Foundry nightclub in the SLS Las Vegas Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016.
Hillary Clinton holds a giant lead over Donald Trump among New York voters in a Siena College poll released Monday, beating him by 30 percentage points in a two-way matchup and by 25 points when Libertarian and Green Party candidates for president were included in the choices.
Democratic nominee Hillary R. Clinton leads in a four-way contest with 42 percent of the vote, compared to Donald J. Trump with 37 percent, Libertarian Gary Johnson with 9 percent, and 3 percent for Green Party nominee Dr. Jill Stein, according to a Breitbart/Gravis national poll conducted Aug. 9 with 2,832 likely voters. "This is a four-way race, but the question is if Johnson and Stein can hold their voters through the general," said Doug Kaplan, the managing partner of Gravis Marketing , the Florida-based firm that executed the poll.
In a presidential election year featuring the two most unpopular major-party nominees in at least 40 years Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton many voters are taking a hard look at third- and fourth-party candidates for the White House. And in North Carolina, even a modest November showing by one of these alternative candidates could tip the balance in this key battleground state where the Democrat and Republican are virtually tied, according to average of recent polls.
It was June 22, and Gary Johnson was on a roll. Four years earlier, following a calamitous bid for the Republican nomination, the former New Mexico governor had garnered 1 percent of the national vote against Barack Obama and Mitt Romney as the Libertarian candidate.
Earlier this year, I wrote an article noting that minor-party candidates rarely have much of an impact on U.S. presidential elections. However, if you've been following this election cycle, you'll note that there's good reason to believe that 2016 will be different.
Hillary Clinton has retained most of the bounce she received after the Democratic National Convention and now enjoys a 6-point lead over Donald Trump in a two-way contest among likely voters. The Democratic presidential nominee's advantage in a new Bloomberg Politics national poll is smaller than in some surveys conducted the week after her convention, including some that sampled registered voters, a broader group.
Libertarians trying to get a presidential candidate on Ohio's ballot submitted signatures on Tuesday for someone other than their party's nominee, Gary Johnson. The party listed Charlie Earl - a failed 2014 candidate for Ohio governor- on paperwork they say is aimed at getting Johnson on the November ballot.
What is the campaign strategy for the two political parties? Clues can be had from the responses to a question I asked about a dozen dignitaries of each party at their conventions in Cleveland and Philadelphia.
According to an analysis by NBC News , the Democratic presidential nominee's campaign has spent $52 million on television ads, many of which have been concentrated in the battleground states that will be critical in determining the outcome of the election. Gary Johnson The Hill's 12:30 Report GOP lawmaker voting for Johnson leaves local Republican Party Poll: Clinton leads Trump by 2 in North Carolina MORE , have outspent Trump, the GOP nominee.
Hillary Clinton's lead over Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential race has grown to double digits, according to a new poll. Clinton now leads Trump by 10 points - 51 percent to 41 percent - among American adults who say they are registered to vote in the new NBC News/Survey Monkey poll released Tuesday.
Former CIA operative and House Republican staffer Evan McMullin announced on Monday that he's mounting an independent bid for the presidency in response to what he characterizes as Trump's "personal instability" and "infatuation with strongmen." Despite reports that some high-profile GOP donors are prepared to back his candidacy, McMullin's announcement was met with amusement and deep skepticism from many political operatives and observers.
The Libertarian Party of Ohio said Monday it will submit a petition to put its candidate on the November ballot. Libertarians: Gary Johnson will be on Ohio ballot The Libertarian Party of Ohio said Monday it will submit a petition to put its candidate on the November ballot.
Over the past 25 years we have seen the government take different approaches to tackling crime. In the 80's we saw the emergence of President Ronald Reagan's 'War on Drugs' and in the 90's we saw President Bill Clinton Prison reforms could increase terror risk Hillary's deadly Iran deal Bill Clinton, Gary Johnson to speak at Asian-American and Pacific Islander forum MORE Barack Obama Prison reforms could increase terror risk Harry Reid's final fight Obama plays 300th round of golf as president MORE has "shortened the prison sentences for dozens of additional drug offendersa " according to CNN as a part of his continuous efforts to "reign in lengthy punishments for nonviolent crimes."
Virginia Republican congressman Scott Rigell says he will vote for Libertarian Gary Johnson for president rather than for Republican nominee Donald Trump.
Rep. Scott Rigell of Virginia became the second Republican member of Congress to break from party lines and endorse a candidate who is not his party's nominee. Rigell told The New York Times on Saturday that he will be voting for Libertarian Party nominee and New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson instead of Republican nominee Donald Trump.
Hillary Clinton is ahead of Donald Trump by eight points in the newest national poll, released Sunday by the Washington Post and ABC News. Clinton leads Trump 50-42 percent among registered voters and 51-44 percent among likely voters.
There's a lot of consternation about the choices available in the 2016, and for good reason. Hillary Clinton is terrible, and Donald Trump might be worse.