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2016-0316 Presidential Primary Election Numbers & Analysis (click on image for full resolution) These presidential primary numbers and analysis include the primaries from the Tuesday, March 15, 2016 contests for the GOP and DNC. On the Republican side, this included Florida, Ohio, North carolina, Missouri, Illinois, and the Northern Marian Islands. On the Democrat side, it included Florida, Ohio, North carolina, Missouri, and Illinois. GOP Results: Donald Trump won Florida, North Carolina, Missouri, Illinois, and the Northern Marian Islands. Ted cruz made the contests in Missouri and North Carolina very close. In Missouri, the difference amounted to only one-fourth...

We have been here before. Left-wing Democrats are once again fielding single-issue "peace candidates," and the one in Connecticut, like several in the 1970s, is a middle-aged patrician, seeking office de haut en bas, and almost entirely because he can. It's really quite remarkable how someone like Ned Lamont, from the stock of Morgan partner Thomas Lamont and that most high-born American Stalinist, Corliss Lamont, still sends a chill of "having arrived" up the spines of his suburban supporters simply by asking them to support him. Superficially, one may think of those who thought they were already middle class just...

The two presumptive favorites for 2008 presidential nominations each face enormous challenges, according to the new Cook Political Report/RT Strategies national poll. Indeed, their problems are almost mirror opposites of each other.For New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, Democrats and Democratic primary voters nationwide are highly receptive to her strengths and downplay her weaknesses. But among independents the view is considerably cooler, and is downright cold among Republicans, raising real questions of electability.On the other hand, if Arizona Sen. John McCain were as well regarded among Republicans and GOP primary voters as he is among independents and Democrats, he'd be...

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FAIRCHILD, WIS. -- When Sen. Russ Feingold came here for his 893rd listening session, retired teacher Roland Mead popped a blunt question: "How does President Russ Feingold sound to you?" "Like a lot of work," Feingold replied, moving quickly to the next question. The third-term Wisconsin Democrat says it is too soon to decide whether he will run for president in 2008, but he is looking and sounding like a candidate, promising to travel to all 50 states to make the case for his party. In Washington, Feingold's name is on all the short lists of possible candidates, creating a...

<p>As city leaders and convention organizers gathered in Jamaica Plain's Samuel Adams Brewery -- where, four months from now, members of the Ohio delegation will drink beer amid the giant metal tanks and wooden barrels -- the police union protesters gathered outside to do some noisemaking of their own.</p>