Hillary Clinton on Tuesday doubled down on her strategy of painting presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump as a heartless tycoon who profited in 2008 as average Americans suffered during the financial crisis, a narrative that she hopes will stick to the businessman between now and November. » More …

In terms of numbers, Hillary Clinton’s victory over Bernie Sanders in the Washington Presidential Primary was pretty decisive.

In terms of impact, it may be less so. » More …

Donald Trump, the ostensible Republican presidential nominee, proved mostly immune to TV attack ads in the primary race, able to use his dominance of social media to respond with a single tweet that would not only reach his more than 8 million Twitter followers but get repeated across every news medium. » More …

Donald Trump has largely foot the bill for his White House bid in the Republican primary, and should he land the GOP’s nomination, despite what you’ve read, he might be able to pull off the same in the general election.

On the campaign trail, the real estate magnate has often boasted that he is self-funding his run, which is, more or less, true. His campaign has brought in $25.5 million as of January 31, 2016, $17.5 million of which came from a loan from Trump himself, according to data from OpenSecrets. » More …

Voter surveys of the presidential race have come a long way in the 80 years since The Literary Digest predicted Alf Landon would make Franklin Roosevelt a one-term president.

FDR actually won the 1936 race in a landslide and The Literary Digest poll became a notorious example of what happens when a survey doesn’t contact a diverse enough group people. » More …