First Read: “Beyond the horserace numbers, the approval ratings, and opinions about tomorrow’s Benghazi committee testimony, maybe the biggest finding in our new NBC/WSJ poll is how the American electorate — at large — doesn’t care for the 2016 field. Every major candidate in the poll, including non-candidate Joe Biden (at least for now), gets a majority of voters saying they are uncertain/pessimistic about their ability to do a good job as president vs. optimistic/satisfied. According to our pollsters, there is no precedent for that level of negativity for the entire field in the history of the NBC/WSJ poll on this question.”
Americans Don’t Like the Presidential Candidates
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