---
title: "Choices by U.S. Voters Will Influence the World"
description: "The U.S. presidential campaign is dominated by global issues including trade, immigration and terrorism – and voters have mixed feelings."
date: "2016-03-17"
authors:
  - name: "Bruce Stokes"
    job_title: "Former Director, Global Economic Attitudes"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/bruce-stokes/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2016/03/17/choices-by-u-s-voters-will-influence-the-world/"
---

# Choices by U.S. Voters Will Influence the World

*Special to [Yale Global](http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/content/choices-us-voters-will-influence-world)*

The US political primary election season is in full swing as Americans choose candidates for the presidency of their nation and, arguably, the job of de facto leader of the world. In the wake of recent primaries in vote-rich states such as Florida and Ohio, Republican candidate Donald Trump has a commanding lead over his rivals Senator Ted Cruz and Governor John Kasich. Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton has an even larger advantage over her challenger Senator Bernie Sanders. To quote the American baseball player Yogi Berra, “it ain’t over ‘til it’s over,” but the field finally seems to be sorting itself out.

*Read more at *[Yale Global](http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/content/choices-us-voters-will-influence-world)**