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Why Is The Most Vulnerable GOP Senator Not Dean Heller?

Welcome to Pollapalooza, our weekly polling roundup. Today’s theme song: End credits from “The Simpsons” (Renaissance version) Poll of the week Jeff Flake is still in big trouble. The latest survey from Democratic pollster GBA Strategies gives Kelli Ward (Flake’s opponent in Arizona’s GOP Senate primary) a 58 percent to 31 percent advantage over Flake. […]

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Trump’s Approval Rating Is Up A Tick

This is the second edition of our new weekly polling roundup. And we have a name! It’s … Pollapalooza! Shoutout to @nealcincinatti for coming up with it. Theme song of the week: Kelsey Grammer sings “Tossed Salads and Scrambled Eggs.” Trump’s job approval rating President Trump’s job approval ratings went up slightly over the past […]

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Will The Arpaio Pardon Make Trump More Unpopular?

President Trump pardoned ex-Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Arizona’s Maricopa County on Friday night. Arpaio, known for his hardline stance on illegal immigration, had been convicted of criminal contempt for violating a federal court order commanding his department to stop racially profiling Latinos. National surveys conducted before the pardon suggest it’s likely to be unpopular with […]

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7 Rules For Reading Trump’s Approval Rating

It still isn’t entirely clear how much President Trump’s reaction to the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia — which was criticized by both Democratic and Republican lawmakers after he blamed “many sides” for the violence there — has affected his job approval rating. As of Wednesday evening, Trump’s approval rating was 36.9 percent, according […]

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