Election 2016 Archives - The Portland Press Herald

Poll shows Clinton with big lead in Trump’s must-win Pennsylvania

by Philip Bump The Washington Post July 28, 2016July 28, 2016

The Republican presidential candidate only gets 76 percent of Republican votes – almost certainly thanks in part to how poorly he does with women.

News, Politics

Chelsea Clinton to introduce her mother at Democratic convention

by Lois Romano The Washington Post July 28, 2016July 28, 2016

The hope among many Democrats is that the 36-year-old mother of two will talk in very personal terms about how her mother raised her.

Letters

Letter to the editor: Voting for the voice of fear would betray our American values

July 28, 2016July 27, 2016

I’m 19 and I’m disappointed. I’ve had the fortune of being born to parents who see the importance of education and have worked tirelessly to put my brothers and me through school. My mother teaches English to immigrants, and my father is an architect. This is the American Dream I was raised upon. To what […]

Letters

Letter to the editor: Democrats’ email mess hurts on both sides of the aisle

July 28, 2016July 27, 2016

As a Republican of long standing, I suppose I should get my schadenfreude working and enjoy the mess that the Democrats have gotten themselves into with the Wikileaks email dump showing that the party hierarchy worked to secure Hillary Clinton’s nomination while trying hard to maintain the fiction that there was actually an open process. […]

Letters

Letter to the editor: Maine Voices writer gets it wrong – Trump’s children show he’s a great role model

July 28, 2016July 27, 2016

Andrew Sachs, author of the July 25 Maine Voices (“Trump fails to live up to Republican Party values”) and, in his own words, a “lifelong Republican,” must not have bothered to watch the Republican National Convention. If he had, he might have noticed how the adult Trump children, Donald Jr., Eric, Ivanka and Tiffany, comported […]

Op-eds, Opinion

Dana Milbank: How about Trump-style questions about his connections to Putin?

July 28, 2016July 28, 2016

The Republican nominee’s enthusiasm about conspiracy theories does not apply to himself.

Elections, Nation & World, News, Politics

Analysis: With email remarks, Trump crosses a line, dares critics to make him pay

by Dan Balz The Washington Post July 28, 2016November 30, 2016

The Republican nominee’s suggestion that Russia expose Hillary Clinton’s missing emails is roundly criticized by many, but breaking with conventional politics has served him well to this point.

Politics

Obama lauds Clinton, paints optimistic vision at Democratic convention

by Karen Tumulty and John Wagner The Washington Post July 27, 2016July 28, 2016

He says ‘the America I know is full of courage and optimism and ingenuity,’ and warns against the ‘deeply pessimistic vision’ of Republican Donald Trump.