Political Analysis
I found most of this through Slate but only got interested in writing about it when I found the Reuters/Real Clear Politics slide show that breaks down the results of their most recent survey of adult voters. I found myself wondering how I'd answer some of these questions, and here we go. It should be noted that a national-level poll like the one I linked above is essentially meaningless in the current political climate. The election will be decided on a state-by-state basis in the Electoral College, winner-take-all per state. This type of system typically favors Republicans--it was intentionally designed to give lesser populated "farm" states an out-sized voice in politics in order to prevent all power from devolving to a few highly populated urban areas--but the design is not working exactly like that in 2016. New York and California lean heavily Democratic while Texas leans heavily Republican. This leaves Florida and a few other, only comparatively large ,