The 2016 presidential election has come a long way since the first presidential debates last fall and SMU’s election gurus have offered their insights every step of the way. Take an inside peek at the evolution of the election process through their eyes:

• Reacting to the Clinton-Trump First Debate (9/26/2016 / 10:14 p.m.)
       
• Quick analysis #4 from SMU political experts (9/26/2016 / 9:45 p.m.)
      
• Quick analysis #3 from SMU political experts (9/26/2016 / 9:36 p.m.) 
     
• Quick analysis #2 from SMU political experts (9/26/2016 / 9:04 p.m.)
     
• Quick analysis from SMU political experts (9/26/2016 / 8:44 p.m.)
      
• SMU election experts to provide live quotes during debate (9/26/2016 / 1:12p.m.)
     
• SMU students gather for debate watch party 
     
• Analyzing the candidates ahead of first presidential debate (9/21/2016)
       
• Questions of health and trustworthiness, removing moderators from debates, and the ‘deplorables’ (9/13/2016)
       
• Commander-in-Chief Forum offers taste of debates to come (9/8/2016)
       
• Trump’s Mexico trip photographs well but creates whiplash (9/1/2016) 
       
• Clinton makes questionable Utah investment as Trump plays delay game (8/24/2016)
     
• The non-apology that won the media cycle (8/19/2016)
       
• Polls, protest candidates & undecided voters, oh my! (8/9/2016)  
       
• Trump picks unwinnable fight with Gold Star Family (8/2/2016)
     
• Last night of the Democratic National Convention (7/29/2016)
       
• DNC Day 3 contrasts potential Trump ‘hellscape’ vs. America owning ‘finish line’ (7/28/2016)
       
• Day Two of convention skirts the Clintons’ marital woes (7/27/2016)
        
• After DNC’s rocky start, Sanders & Michelle Obama unity messages end day on high note (7/26/2016)
       
• Wikileaks fallout and Clinton VP choice test party unity (7/25/2016)
       
• Kaine a ‘safe’ & ‘steady’ choice for Clinton ticket (7/22/2016)
       
• Trump’s acceptance speech sets everything right (7/21/2016)
        
• Cruz speech: Did he shoot himself in the foot? (7/21/2016)
       
• GOP convention takes angry turn with booing, ‘Lock Her Up’ chant (7/20/2016)
     
• GOP survives Cleveland day one despite embarrassments (7/19/2016)
        
• GOP infighting on display in rare uproar over adoption of convention rules (7/18/2016)
      
• Trump taps Pence as running mate via Twitter (7/15/2016)
       
• What the conventions experts are saying (7/14/2016)
     
• FBI announcement on Clinton email server offers plenty of juice, but not much impact on presidential race (7/05/2016)
     
• The race for president: A free-trade boogeyman, the so-called ‘Trump reset’ and Clinton’s fears beyond Benghazi (6/30/2016)
     
• Lewandowski’s firing provides glimpse into dysfunctional campaign (6/20/2016)
     
• Politics of the Orlando tragedy (6/15/2016)
       
• Political parties have reasons to be nervous (6/9/2016)
      
• Staying power of Trump University scandal (6/2/2016)
        
• Trump and Clinton attempt to redefine each other’s successes and failures in eyes of voters (5/26/2016)
       
• Democrats’ internal struggles on display in Nevada (5/19/2016)
       
• Premature polls, economic uncertainty & the art of the deal (5/13/2016)
     
• #NEVERTRUMP movement faces time for choosing (5/5/2016)
       
• Cruz likely to lose Indiana after no good, very bad week (5/3/2006)
       
• Cruz, Kasich take extraordinary gamble to block Trump (4/25/2016)
       
• New York likely to mark shift in Clinton and Trump’s fortunes (4/18/2016)
       
• Sanders likely to bring the heat during final debate (4/13/2016)
       
• Wisconsin results reveal Republican Party uniting against Trump (4/7/2016)
      
• GOP rivals prepare for potential contested convention (3/28/2016)
      
• Questions swirl about violence at Trump rallies (3/22/2016)
       
• Make-or-break primaries in Florida and Ohio loom large (3/15/2016)
      
• Clinton grapples with unfriendly midwestern realities as Republicans again shift strategies ahead of debate (3/10/2016)
     
• Kasich looks to catch long-sought spark as campaign moves north to rust-belt country (3/8/2016)
     
• Expect Clinton, Sanders to accept their fates (3/4/2016)
     
• Super Tuesday shatters all the old arguments (3/3/2016)
     
• Biggest prize on Super Tuesday: The Texas Primary (2/25/2016)
     
• As Trump rolls, time is running out for long-promised coalescing of mainstream Republican opposition (2/25/2016)
       
• As presidential race heats up, truth is the victim (2/18/2016)
     
• Constitution demands president nominate a justice, but congress has power to change number on court (2/15/2016)
     
• SMU course on women in politics provides backstage pass to presidential race (2/15/2016)
     
• Republicans struggle with art of attack as Trump threatens knockout victory in South Carolina (2/12/2016)
     
• Clinton, Sanders face moment of truth: Hillary’s vaunted southern firewall (2/11/2016)
          
• New Hampshire primary offers chance to reshape race (2/9/2016)
     
• Spanish-speaking election experts available at SMU (2/8/2016)
     
• Trump, Rubio & Cruz use debate to reposition after unexpected Iowa caucus results (2/5/2016)
     
• Like Groundhog Day, Iowa caucuses will determine long or short primary season (2/1/2016)
     
• Trump’s biggest gamble yet? (1/28/2016)
     
• Clinton likely to attack Sanders’ electability (1/15/2016)
     
• State of the Union challenge puts Trump, economy and foreign policy under spotlight at Republican Debate (1/14/2016)