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The GOP Tax Cuts Are Even More Unpopular Than Past Tax Hikes

Senate Republicans’ effort to pass tax reform is at a crucial juncture. As some senators waffle on whether to support the bill, they may want to spare a glance toward public opinion: Poll after poll shows that more voters than not are opposed to their efforts. In fact, the GOP bill is one of the […]

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Is Roy Moore Losing?

Welcome to Pollapalooza, our weekly polling roundup. (Coming to you early this week thanks to the Thanksgiving holiday.) Today’s theme song: “Walk With You” from the television show “Touched by an Angel” in honor of the show’s star (and singer of the theme song), Della Reese, who passed away earlier this week at the age […]

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If The GOP Wants A More Popular Tax Plan, Minor Tweaks Won’t Be Enough

Welcome to Pollapalooza, our weekly polling roundup. Today’s theme song: “You Can Count on Me” from the television show “My Two Dads.” Poll of the week A Quinnipiac University survey released on Wednesday found that just 25 percent of voters approved of the Republican tax plan. A majority, 52 percent, disapproved. That’s really bad and […]

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Everyone Agrees That Weed Is Great — Except Politicians

Welcome to Pollapalooza, our weekly polling roundup. Today’s theme song: “Benson” from the television show “Benson” in honor of the show’s star, Robert Guillaume, who passed away earlier this week at the age of 89. Poll of the week A Gallup poll released Wednesday found that a record high 64 percent of Americans favor legalizing […]

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Most People Believe In JFK Conspiracy Theories

Perhaps no major event in modern U.S. history has spawned more widespread doubt than the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas in November 1963. The official account: One man, Lee Harvey Oswald, did it. The unofficial theory: Well, there are many. The JFK assassination is back in the news as the deadline for […]

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