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LUNCHTIME POLITICS: USMCA – Impeachment Update – Iowa, New Hampshire

December 11, 2019 John Ganjei

Your Daily Polling Update for Wednesday, December 11, 2019 TRUMP JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 44%Down 1 from yesterday RON’S COMMENT: Today’s average is based on five polls, ranging from 39% (Politico) to 51% (Rasmussen). Without these […]

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LUNCHTIME POLITICS: Boris Johnson’s Closing Ad – Better Off Than Four Years Ago? – Congress – Tuesday Trivia

December 10, 2019 John Ganjei

Your Daily Polling Update for Tuesday, December 10, 2019 TRUMP JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 45%Up 1 from yesterday RON’S COMMENT: Today’s average is based on five polls, ranging from 40% (Quinnipiac) to 50% (Rasmussen). Without these […]

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LUNCHTIME POLITICS: Foreign Interference in Elections – Ukraine Quid Pro Quo – Consideration Ratings – Arizona

December 9, 2019 John Ganjei

Your Daily Polling Update for Monday, December 9, 2019 TRUMP JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 44%Same as Friday RON’S COMMENT: Today’s average is based on five polls, ranging from 40% (Politico, Quinnipiac) to 51% (Rasmussen). Without these […]

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Biden Courts Iowans, Balances National Campaign

December 7, 2019 Focus Washington

Minutes after Joe Biden met Cathy Buxengard, he commandeered her cellphone to talk with her 99-year-old mother about her service as a World War II nurse and how worried she is about the United States […]

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Buttigieg Calls on McKinsey to Release List of His Clients

December 7, 2019 Focus Washington

Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg is calling on his former employer McKinsey & Co. to release a list of the clients he served and to free him from a nondisclosure agreement he signed when he […]

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Warren, Buttigieg Feud Puts Democratic Divide on Display

December 7, 2019 Focus Washington

Democratic candidate Elizabeth Warren has spent weeks absorbing attacks from moderate rivals looking to blunt her surging campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination. Now, as the Massachusetts senator risks losing momentum, she’s starting to hit […]

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White House Tells Democrats It Won’t Participate in Trump Impeachment Hearing

December 6, 2019 Focus Washington

The White House said on Friday it would refuse to take part in hearings in the U.S. House of Representatives set for next week that will consider what articles of impeachment to bring against President […]

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LUNCHTIME POLITICS: Banning Offensive Speech – Teen, Tween Media Usage – Obamacare – Trump vs. Generic Dem – California

December 6, 2019 John Ganjei

Your Daily Polling Update for Friday, December 6, 2019 TRUMP JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 44%Same as yesterday RON’S COMMENT: Despite the impeachment controversy, President Trump’s job rating holds steady. Today’s average is based on five polls, […]

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LUNCHTIME POLITICS: Boris Johnson Leads – Important Issues – Favorability Ratings – College Students Poll

December 5, 2019 John Ganjei

Your Daily Polling Update for Thursday, December 5, 2019 TRUMP JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 44%Same as yesterday RON’S COMMENT: Today’s average is based on four polls, ranging from 40% (Quinnipiac) to 49% (Rasmussen). Without these extremes, […]

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Legal Experts Tell Congress that Trump’s Actions are Impeachable

December 5, 2019 Focus Washington

Three legal experts told U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday that President Donald Trump’s efforts to pressure Ukraine to investigate a political rival amounted to impeachable offenses, in a hearing that laid the groundwork for formal charges […]

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LUNCHTIME POLITICS: British Royal Family Rated – New National Polls – Illinois

December 4, 2019 John Ganjei

Your Daily Polling Update for Wednesday, December 4, 2019 TRUMP JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 44%Up 1 from last week RON’S COMMENT: Today’s average is based on five polls, ranging from 40% (Politico, Quinnipiac) to 49% (Rasmussen). […]

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Kamala Harris Ends 2020 Presidential Bid

December 3, 2019 Focus Washington

Senator Kamala Harris ended her 2020 presidential bid on Tuesday, abandoning a campaign that began with promise for a rising Democratic Party star but faltered as she struggled to raise money and make a compelling […]

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Poll Shows 53% of Republicans Believe Trump is Better Than Lincoln

December 2, 2019 Focus Washington

As much as 53% of Republicans have said that they believe Donald Trump exceeds Abraham Lincoln in his presidency, Newsweek reported. YouGov and the Economist carried out a poll and released its results which show […]

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Iran Facing Worst Unrest in 40 Years

December 2, 2019 Focus Washington

Iran is experiencing its deadliest political unrest since the Islamic Revolution 40 years ago, with at least 180 people killed, and possibly hundreds more, as angry protests have been smothered in a government crackdown of […]

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Democrats Aim to Catch Up to Trump’s 2020 Spending Advantage

December 2, 2019 Focus Washington

Democrats are narrowing President Donald Trump’s early spending advantage, with two billionaire White House hopefuls joining established party groups to target the President in key battleground states that are likely to determine the outcome of […]

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Trump Faces Two Impeachment Deadlines

December 1, 2019 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump faced two deadlines in Congress this week as Democrats prepared to shift the focus of their impeachment inquiry from fact-finding to the consideration of possible charges of misconduct over his dealings with […]

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Biden Heads to Iowa for a Rebound in Key State

November 30, 2019 Focus Washington

Joe Biden kicks off an eight-day bus tour across Iowa on Saturday with a message: Reports of his demise in the nation’s first presidential caucus state have been greatly exaggerated, The Associated Press reported. Biden’s […]

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Juliаn Castro Warns Against Neglecting the Poor

November 29, 2019 Focus Washington

One week after he was left off the Democratic debate stage for the first time this primary season, Julián Castro called for broad expansions to federal food programs, including free breakfast and lunch for all […]

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Trump Lawyers, Skeptical of Engaging on Impeachment

November 28, 2019 Focus Washington

The White House is reviewing an invitation from House Democrats for President Donald Trump’s legal team to participate in the first Judiciary Committee impeachment hearing next week, even as his lawyers privately question whether to […]

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LUNCHTIME POLITICS: Impeachment Hearings Have No Impact – New Hampshire, California

November 27, 2019 John Ganjei

Your Daily Polling Update for Wednesday, November 27, 2019 TRUMP JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 43%Down 1 from yesterday RON’S COMMENT: Today’s average is based on five polls, ranging from 40% (Quinnipiac, Politico) to 46% (Rasmussen). Without […]

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Support for Impeachment Grew Steadily During U.S. Congressional Hearings, Poll Shows

November 27, 2019 Focus Washington

Public support for impeaching President Donald Trump has tracked steadily higher over the past few weeks while a U.S. House of Representatives committee held a series of televised impeachment hearings, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion […]

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LUNCHTIME POLITICS: Post-Debate National Poll – Georgia – New Hampshire – Capital Punishment

November 26, 2019 John Ganjei

Your Daily Polling Update for Tuesday, November 26, 2019 TRUMP JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 44%Same as yesterday RON’S COMMENT: Today’s average is based on six polls, ranging from 40% (Politico) to 48% (Emerson). Without these extremes, it […]

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House Dem Now Sees No ‘Value’ in Impeachment, as Polls Show Falling Support among Independents

November 26, 2019 Focus Washington

Michigan Democratic Rep. Brenda Lawrence, a prominent supporter of Kamala Harris who has previously backed the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, announced on Sunday that she no longer saw any “value” in the inquiry and urged her […]

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Slade Gordon Urges Trump’s Impeachment

November 26, 2019 Focus Washington

Former Republican Senator Slade Gordon said that the party members are committing betrayal to the U.S. and the Constitution as they refuse to admit that Donald Trump deserves to be impeached regarding the Ukraine scandal. […]

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LUNCHTIME POLITICS: Social Spending – Favorability Ratings – Trump’s Policies

November 25, 2019 John Ganjei

Your Daily Polling Update for Monday, November 25, 2019 TRUMP JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 44%Same as Friday RON’S COMMENT: Today’s average is based on five polls, ranging from 41% (Reuters, Politico) to 48% (Emerson). Without these […]

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Adam Schiff Claims Case against Trump is ‘Ironclad’ but Won’t Say if He’ll Be Impeached

November 25, 2019 Focus Washington

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., did not want to say if President Donald Trump will be impeached, although he claimed to have an “ironclad” case for impeachment against him, Fox News informed. “This […]

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New York Governor Blasted for Overreaction to Times Square Bomb Threat

November 25, 2019 Focus Washington

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo raised unnecessary fears on Sunday when he denounced a hoax bomb threat against Times Square, Fox News informed citing The Post. The NYPD initiated an investigation of a Saturday social […]

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Sen. John Kennedy Slams Pelosi for Using Impeachment as a ‘Routine Political Weapon’

November 25, 2019 Focus Washington

Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., on Sunday criticized the House’s impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump calling the attempt to determine whether the President tied foreign aid to Ukraine to a probe into his political rivals […]

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Mike Bloomberg Announces He is Running for President, Vows to ‘Defeat Trump’

November 25, 2019 Focus Washington

Former Mayor of New York City, Mike Bloomberg announced his presidential bid, a move he made official after he said he was considering joining the race. “I’m running for president to defeat Donald Trump and […]

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Charles Schumer Backs Ousted Navy Chief Richard Spencer

November 25, 2019 Focus Washington

Charles Schumer backed ousted Navy Secretary Richard Spencer after he was fired by Pentagon chief Mark Esper. In a statement, the Senate Majority Leader expressed praise for Spencer for “standing up to President Trump when he was […]

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