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A March 10-13 CBS News poll revealed that only 47 percent of Republicans had already received the vaccine or planned to do so, compared with 71 percent of Democrats.
Independents leaned toward the view that schools can reopen (37 percent to 47 percent).
Among the remaining 3 out of 4 voters who said a candidate’s policy positions on issues were more important, Trump won 53 percent to 47 percent, which explains, in part, why Biden was unable to translate
Almost 1 in 5 voters had an unfavorable view of both candidates, and they eventually broke for Trump 47 percent to 30 percent.
Independents opposed it 17 percent to 47 percent.
(When a 2012 tape leaked of GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney dismissively saying that “47 percent” of Americans were “dependent on the government” and “believe they are victims,” I knew right away
Perhaps Trump’s most effective moment last night was when he told Biden, “I’ve done more in 47 months … than you’ve done in 47 years.”
Families and higher education institutions are grappling with the difficult realities created by this pandemic, and need a more substantial investment of $47 billion to meet the growing financial needs
Think Mitt Romney’s “47 percent” remark in 2012 to his own gathering of wealthy supporters, and how that image was impossible for the eventually unsuccessful candidate to shake.
Despite a lockstep allegiance to the president that sometimes looks like a three-legged race, Perdue has managed to keep his own favorability well in net-positive territory (47 percent favorable/
What stays with me 47 years after my only foray into electoral politics is the anger. Not the rage of demonstrators shouting racist epithets.
Only slightly better for Democrats, with 31 percent saying they are satisfied, while 47 percent said they can’t “get no satisfaction.”
However, among the 51 percent of the electorate who said the economy was “good” as opposed to “excellent,” Republicans won them by a mere 51-47 percent margin.
More recently, a USA Today/Suffolk University poll, released Monday and conducted March 13-17, found that 50 percent of voters thought the Mueller investigation was a “witch hunt,” while 47 percent
Enough Republicans are likely to join the 47 Democrats to offer a thumbs-down verdict on Trump using his emergency powers to circumvent congressional appropriations and fund the wall.
Last week, it was the announcement of a 47-month sentence for Paul Manafort, President Trump’s former campaign chairman, after he was found guilty of orchestrating a multimillion-dollar fraud.
During the same time period, Florida gained $156.1 billion in wealth, while Texas benefitted from an almost $47 billion wealth increase.
For those interested in building majority coalitions, the survey found that independents approved the deal by a 64-29 percent margin, more than Democrats at 56-37 percent and Republicans at 47-42
At the end of November, voters picked them to better handle jobs by 8 points (47-39 percent).
And it was 47 years ago this week that Shirley Chisholm launched her campaign for president.