Donald Trump's Republican Party is still divided
The Republican National Convention being held in Cleveland, Ohio, this week was supposed to be the moment that Republicans of all stripes — those who voted for him in the primaries and those who didn't — united behind Donald Trump.
Well, so much for that.
Ted Cruz, a senator from Texas who was Donald Trump's main rival during the long primary season for the Republican nomination, was booed off the convention stage on Wednesday night after giving a speech in which he refused to endorse Trump.
You can read the rest of this analysis on what the polls say about the Republican Party's divisions here.
The Pollcast: Mr. Trump goes to Cleveland
The Republican National Convention being held this week in Cleveland, Ohio is Donald Trump's chance to unite the party behind him in his quest for the White House.
Will it work?
Last week, Donald Trump announced that Gov. Mike Pence of Indiana would be his running mate. An attempt to attach a sturdy, experienced politician to Trump's erratic ticket, it was the first act in normalizing Donald Trump in preparation for the campaign against Hillary Clinton.
The second act is taking place this week. His team has descended upon Cleveland to put a Trumpian stamp on the Republicans and their National Convention, which is bereft of appearances by some of the biggest names in the party.
It is an indication that the fissures exposed by his unorthodox candidacy will not be papered over so easily.
What does this mean for the U.S. presidential campaign?
Joining me from Cleveland on this week's episode of the Pollcast is Keith Boag, the CBC's senior reporter in Washington, D.C.
You can listen to the podcast here or subscribe to the podcast to automatically download future episodes here.
The impact of Libertarian Gary Johnson on Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton
There's one name that you might begin to hear more and more as voting day approaches in the U.S. presidential election: Gary Johnson.
But who is Gary Johnson, you ask? Over two-thirds of Americans are wondering the same thing. He is the former governor of New Mexico and he is running as the Libertarian Party's presidential nominee for the second consecutive election.
He's also one of the most unpredictable factors in what has been an unpredictable American campaign.
U.S. politics are rarely kind to third-party candidacies. Both the political system and media coverage is designed for two parties. And in order to get into the debates, a third party candidate needs to be polling at 15 per cent.
That is a threshold that is within Gary Johnson's reach.
You can read the rest of this analysis here.
