A new PRRI/Atlantic poll finds Hillary Clinton leading Donald Trump nationally by 11 points, 49% to 38%, with Gary Johnson at 2%.
A new Politico/Morning Consult poll finds Clinton leading by five points, 42% to 37%, followed by Johnson at 10%.


A new PRRI/Atlantic poll finds Hillary Clinton leading Donald Trump nationally by 11 points, 49% to 38%, with Gary Johnson at 2%.
A new Politico/Morning Consult poll finds Clinton leading by five points, 42% to 37%, followed by Johnson at 10%.
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A bill to rein in President Trump’s tariff powers already has seven Republican co-sponsors in the U.S. Senate, the Wall Street Journal reports. Save to Favorites
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The House Republican leadership is tentatively planning to bring up the House-Senate budget resolution in the Rules Committee Monday, Punchbowl News reports. However, House Budget Committee Chair Jodey Arrington (R-TX)…
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The Illinois Democratic Party backed 280 candidates on the ballot for various local offices across the state last week and 222, or 79% of them, were victorious, the Chicago Tribune…
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“President Trump put up a wall between the U.S. economy and the rest of the world, and the market tanked. And then the market tanked again,” the Wall Street Journal…
Taegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.
Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.
Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.
Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.
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