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BREAKING: Ambassador Nikki Haley Resigns From UN

October 9, 2018 Lisa Clayton

President Trump this morning announced that Ambassador Nikki Haley has resigned from her post at the United Nations, but will work through the end of this year. According to Axios Trump accepted Haley’s resignation this […]

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BREAKING: Rosenstein At White House, Expects To Be Fired

September 24, 2018 Lisa Clayton

CNN reports that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein is at the White House and expects to be fired. He has met with chief of staff John Kelly. Rosenstein’s departure would raise immediate questions about the […]

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LUNCHTIME POLITICS: Analysis of 8 House Districts – Anonymous Allegations – Iowa, West Virginia

September 11, 2018 Lisa Clayton

Your Daily Polling Update for Tuesday, September 11, 2018 TRUMP JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 41% Down 2 from yesterday RON’S COMMENT: Today’s average is based on five polls, ranging from 37% (CNN) to 47% (Rasmussen). Without these […]

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LUNCHTIME POLITICS: Four Key House Races – New York, Arizona – Should Trump Run Again?

September 10, 2018 Lisa Clayton

Your Daily Polling Update for Monday, September 10, 2018 TRUMP JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 43% Same as Friday RON’S COMMENT: Today’s average is based on five polls, ranging from 41% (Gallup) to 48% (Rasmussen). Without these two […]

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LUNCHTIME POLITICS: Surprising New Polls in Tight Races – Nike’s Declining Numbers – Generic Ballot Update

September 7, 2018 Lisa Clayton

Your Daily Polling Update for Friday, September 7, 2018 TRUMP JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 43% Up 1 from yesterday RON’S COMMENT: President Trump has bounced back some from his recent low of 40%. Today’s average is based […]

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LUNCHTIME POLITICS: Catholic Church – Kavanaugh – Mueller – Indiana, Utah

September 6, 2018 Lisa Clayton

Your Daily Polling Update for Thursday, September 6, 2018 TRUMP JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 42% Up 2 from yesterday RON’S COMMENT: Today’s average is based on seven polls, ranging from 38% (ABC-Wash Post/Emerson) to 46% (Rasmussen). Without […]

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LUNCHTIME POLITICS: Voter Interest – Candidate Gender – UK Politics – New Florida Polling

September 5, 2018 Lisa Clayton

Your Daily Polling Update for Wednesday, September 5, 2018 TRUMP JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 40% Same as yesterday RON’S COMMENT: Today’s average is based on eight polls, ranging from 36% (IBD/TIPP) to 44% (Rasmussen). Without these two […]

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LUNCHTIME POLITICS: Trump’s Rating Slips – Third Party Candidates – Kavanaugh – Sports – Missouri, Florida – Tuesday Trivia

September 4, 2018 Lisa Clayton

Your Daily Polling Update for Tuesday, September 4, 2018 TRUMP JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 40% Down 2 from Friday RON’S COMMENT: This is the lowest job rating we’ve seen for President Trump in a while. Today’s average […]

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LUNCHTIME POLITICS: New Polls in Florida, Kansas – Generic Ballot – Impeachment

August 31, 2018 Lisa Clayton

Your Daily Polling Update for Friday, August 31, 2018 TRUMP JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 42% Down 1 from yesterday RON’S COMMENT: Today’s average is based on six polls, ranging from 38% (ABC/Washington Post) to 48% (Rasmussen). Without […]

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LUNCHTIME POLITICS: Favorability Ratings – The Economy – Trump on the Issues – Connecticut

August 29, 2018 Lisa Clayton

Your Daily Polling Update for Wednesday, August 29, 2018 TRUMP JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 44% Same as yesterday RON’S COMMENT: Today’s average is based on five polls, ranging from 41% (Gallup) to 47% (Rasmussen). Without these two […]

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LUNCHTIME POLITICS: Tuesday Trivia – Is Democracy Working? – Military Parade – End Investigation? – Wisconsin

August 28, 2018 Lisa Clayton

Your Daily Polling Update for Tuesday, August 28, 2018 TRUMP JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 44% Same as yesterday RON’S COMMENT: Today’s average is based on four polls, ranging from 41% (Gallup) to 46% (Harvard-Harris, Rasmussen). The fourth […]

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LUNCHTIME POLITICS: Pardons: Yes or No? – TV Ads – Catholic Church – Voting for Congress – Florida, Texas

August 27, 2018 Lisa Clayton

Your Daily Polling Update for Monday, August 27, 2018 TRUMP JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 44% Same as Friday RON’S COMMENT: Today’s average is based on five polls, ranging from 43% (Reuters) to 46% (Rasmussen)––that’s an unusually tight […]

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Clarus’ Lunchtime Politics: Best, Worst Presidents – Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Florida – Friday’s Generic Ballot

August 24, 2018 Lisa Clayton

Your Daily Polling Update for Friday, August 24, 2018 TRUMP JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 44% Same as yesterday RON’S COMMENT: Today’s average is based on five polls, ranging from 43% (Reuters, Monmouth) to 46% (Rasmussen). Without these […]

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Senator McCain Discontinuing Medical Treatment

August 24, 2018 Lisa Clayton

Sen. John McCain’s family says that he is discontinuing medical treatment for his brain cancer, according to Politico. “The progress of disease and the inexorable advance of age render their verdict. With his usual strength […]

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Clarus’ Lunchtime Politics: Are Baldwin and Menendez in Trouble? – Trump on the Issues – Wisconsin, Texas, Virginia

August 23, 2018 Lisa Clayton

Your Daily Polling Update for Thursday, August 23, 2018 TRUMP JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 44% Same as yesterday RON’S COMMENT: Today’s average is based on six polls, ranging from 42% (Gallup) to 46% (Rasmussen). Without these two […]

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Clarus’ Lunchtime Politics: Tariffs – Tax Law – Russian Probe: Stop or Go? – Minnesota, Illinois, Florida – 2020

August 22, 2018 Lisa Clayton

Your Daily Polling Update for Wednesday, August 22, 2018 TRUMP JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 44% Down 1 from yesterday RON’S COMMENT: Today’s average is based on four polls, ranging from 42% (Gallup) to 46% (Rasmussen). Without these […]

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Clarus’ Lunchtime Politics: Tuesday Trivia – Omarosa – QAnon – Florida, Michigan, New Hampshire

August 21, 2018 Lisa Clayton

Your Daily Polling Update for Tuesday, August 21, 2018 TRUMP JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 45% Up 1 from yesterday RON’S COMMENT: Today’s average is based on four polls. The range is 42% (Gallup) to 48% (Rasmussen). […]

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“We’re not Fake News!”

April 30, 2017 newadminuser

The 2017 White House Correspondents’ Dinner – the first in decades without a keynote by a sitting President – was a response by the media to the charge that they, as a whole, are fake […]

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The Irrational Behavior of Politicians

March 23, 2017 newadminuser

By Chuck Conconi There is an unavoidable level of cynicism that comes from watching politicians who have traded insults with Donald Trump during a campaign rush to the White House seeking the president’s blessing and, just […]

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Guest Column: 2018 Elections Should Reveal if Democrats’ Anti-Trump ‘Tsunami’ Pays Off

March 2, 2017 newadminuser

Ron Faucheux is a political analyst, author and pollster. He publishes LunchtimePolitics.com, a daily newsletter on polls. He also runs Clarus Research Group, a nonpartisan survey research firm that has worked for the Advocate and WWL-TV. […]

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Clinton Versus Trump: The First of Four

October 5, 2016 newadminuser

Campaign veterans Archie Smart and Wyeth Ruthven sat down to discuss the strategies and messaging witnessed by over 100 million people during the first Presidential debate between Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and Republican nominee Donald […]

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