Opinion · 115th Congress
All Is Not Lost for Republicans in the Suburbs
Forty-four percent of suburban voters said the country was on the right track, compared to 47 percent who said it was heading in the wrong direction.
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Forty-four percent of suburban voters said the country was on the right track, compared to 47 percent who said it was heading in the wrong direction.
However, isolating those who said the economy was “good” as opposed to “excellent,” Republicans won these voters only 51-47.
Sinema took 51 percent of early voters to McSally’s 47 percent. Forty-four percent of respondents said they had already submitted their ballots. Early voting started in Arizona on Oct. 10th.
In Florida, 47 percent of voters support regulating the prices of prescription drugs while 23 percent oppose that.
The close floor vote then was 47-53. Were a similar vote held today, it would undoubtedly have more support though it is not clear if enough Republicans would join in to make it veto-proof.
And on Tuesday, the Wisconsin Democrat filed a discharge petition signed by 47 senators — exceeding the minimum of 30 needed to bypass committee action and bring the resolution to a floor vote.
Spanberger captured support from 47 percent of the 400 potential voters pollsters surveyed by phone from Sept. 15 through Sept. 24.
In 2016, we saw a similar dynamic when 18 percent of the country had an unfavorable view of both Trump and Clinton, eventually breaking for Trump 47 percent to 30 percent.
Yoder described the district as “center-right,” noting that Clinton only carried it by 1 point with 47 percent of the vote, while the district backed Mitt Romney by 10 points in 2012.
(Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) The Senate now has 51 Republicans, 47 Democrats and two independents who caucus with Democrats.
Ballenger, a 47-year-old director of a sign language interpreting agency, said President Donald Trump’s victory in 2016 motivated her to actively campaign for McCaskill.
He got higher marks on overseeing the economy: 45 percent approving and 47 percent disapproving.
Rosendale, the Montana auditor, was ahead, 47 percent to 45 percent, in the survey conducted by WPA Intelligence for the National Republican Senatorial Committee. Five percent were undecided.
The most recent Winning the Issues survey (July 30-31) found that 47 percent of men think the country is going in the right direction, compared to just 37 percent of women. That’s significant.
OH Predictive Insights and ABC 15 Arizona released a poll last week showing McSally 20 points ahead of Ward, with McSally at 47 percent, Ward at 27 percent, Arpaio at 13 percent, and 12 percent undecided
In the eastern Ocean City area in the New York media market that supported President Donald Trump in 2016, MacArthur led Kim 47 percent to 32 percent.
Under this model, Poliquin led Golden 48 percent to 47 percent. Independent candidates Tiffany Bond and Will Hoar received 4 percent and 2 percent, respectively.
The sample makeup was 47 percent Democrats, 38 percent Republicans, and 15 percent independents. But the bigger takeaway is who was influenced.
The district narrowly voted for President Donald Trump in 2016 and is divided about his performance as president, with 47 percent approving of him and 49 percent disapproving.
Our own Winning the Issues poll from May found the GOP leading Democrats on handling the issues of the economy by a 47 percent to 38 percent margin, leading on jobs 45-38 percent, and on taxes 43-39 percent