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A new Civiqs poll for Daily Kos shows why the issue of abortion is so perilous for the Republican Party, with voters viewing themselves as significantly more aligned with Democrats on the matter.
by Kerry Eleveld
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on Wed Apr 17, 2024 at 03:00 PM PDT
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President Joe Biden appears poised to benefit from a reverse enthusiasm gap, with Democrats being more motivated than Republicans to vote against the opposing candidate. A new Civiqs poll for Daily Kos posited: Regardless of who you are voting for for...
by Kerry Eleveld
171 comments
on Wed Apr 17, 2024 at 10:56 AM PDT
with 247 Recommends
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Last week, The Economist's presidential polling average set in motion a reevaluation of the general election when President Joe Biden pulled ahead of Donald Trump for the first time since September 2023. To be clear, Biden isn't suddenly the odds-on...
by Kerry Eleveld
94 comments
on Tue Mar 26, 2024 at 03:15 PM PDT
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There aren't many things that Americans almost universally agree on. We don’t see eye to eye on political issues, on sports, or movies or music or beer—or anything else. The newest Civiqs poll ...
by Hunter
69 comments
on Wed Mar 13, 2024 at 12:00 PM PDT
with 142 Recommends
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Every week from now until Election Day, a new poll will enter the political zeitgeist with the promise of inducing either pervasive nausea or temporary refuge, with the former consistently feeling more overwhelming than the latter. Right on cue, two...
by Kerry Eleveld
278 comments
on Tue Feb 06, 2024 at 09:40 AM PST
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In a new report on American political attitudes conducted for Daily Kos by Civiqs, Americans were asked a series of questions related to immigration. As might be expected, the answers to these ...
by Mark Sumner
95 comments
on Wed Jan 31, 2024 at 10:30 AM PST
with 138 Recommends
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One of the biggest disconnects between political reality and fantasy today is the near-certainty that President Joe Biden and Donald Trump will be the nominees of their respective parties and how many voters still view that as preposterous. That is...
by Kerry Eleveld
185 comments
on Wed Jan 31, 2024 at 08:30 AM PST
with 186 Recommends
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After months of the White House telling voters "Bidenomics is working" with mixed results, the President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign is pivoting to attacking Donald Trump's economic record, according to Politico. Team Biden plans to build on...
by Kerry Eleveld
68 comments
on Mon Jan 29, 2024 at 01:25 PM PST
with 211 Recommends
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Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley has reached the do-or-die moment of her 2024 presidential bid: She must win in New Hampshire to have a shot at making her home state of South Carolina competitive. That reality has pushed her into a notably more...
by Kerry Eleveld
77 comments
on Fri Jan 19, 2024 at 12:14 PM PST
with 122 Recommends
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If we've learned anything from Trump-era post-fact politics, it's that old polling metrics don't exactly translate at the ballot box the way they used to. A major part of the 2022 “red wave” narrative was informed by the fact that President Joe Biden's...
by Kerry Eleveld
117 comments
on Thu Jan 18, 2024 at 08:00 AM PST
with 163 Recommends
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Donald Trump’s trial on conspiracy and obstruction charges in the 2020 election is slated to begin in Washington, D.C., on March 4. That’s a Monday. The next day is Super Tuesday, when 16 states and territories are set to hold their Republican...
by Mark Sumner
96 comments
on Tue Jan 02, 2024 at 10:03 AM PST
with 156 Recommends
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Americans have a very different understanding from economists of what inflation is and how the economy works.
The latest Daily Kos/Civiqs survey finds that pluralities of Americans—across party ...
by Daniel Donner
346 comments
on Thu Dec 07, 2023 at 09:11 AM PST
with 195 Recommends
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The Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, and Stephen Wolf, with additional contributions from the Daily Kos Elections team.
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by Daily Kos Elections
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on Tue Nov 28, 2023 at 05:00 AM PST
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Coming off a historic run of speakerless weeks in the House, congressional Republicans are getting gutted by voters in this month's Daily Kos/Civiqs survey of the political landscape.
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by Kerry Eleveld
61 comments
on Thu Nov 02, 2023 at 06:00 AM PDT
with 119 Recommends
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News this week that the U.S. economy grew by a staggering 4.9% in the third quarter served as yet another reminder that, in spite of voters' dismal personal perceptions, the country's economic outlook is quite decent. Not only did Americans go on a...
by Kerry Eleveld
40 comments
on Fri Oct 27, 2023 at 03:50 PM PDT
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A 49% plurality of registered voters say Donald Trump should go to jail over his efforts to overturn Georgia's election in 2020, including 6% of Republicans and 43% of independents. The finding from this month's Daily Kos/Civiqs poll suggests Trump...
by Kerry Eleveld
71 comments
on Fri Sep 15, 2023 at 08:13 AM PDT
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Election analysts and pollsters have clued in to a stubborn fact: Americans dislike that so many of the country's powerful politicians are, well, rather long in the tooth. Broad voter disenchantment with aging politicians is proving particularly...
by Kerry Eleveld
63 comments
on Wed Sep 13, 2023 at 02:05 PM PDT
with 96 Recommends
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Just because it's far too early to get bent out of shape about any single poll doesn't mean the media and political analysts will be exercising restraint. Last week, pundits had a field day with a CNN poll showing President Joe Biden's approval ratings...
by Kerry Eleveld
153 comments
on Tue Sep 12, 2023 at 08:00 AM PDT
with 134 Recommends
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Donald Trump may still hold a commanding lead in the 2024 Republican primary but, after four criminal indictments, his star finally appears to be falling. FiveThirtyEight's aggregate shows Trump’s support may have topped out at a little over 54% of...
by Kerry Eleveld
97 comments
on Tue Aug 29, 2023 at 07:50 AM PDT
with 177 Recommends
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Heading into the first 2024 Republican presidential debate , four-time indictee and former President Donald Trump continues to dominate the field in both national ...
by Kerry Eleveld
44 comments
on Wed Aug 23, 2023 at 02:40 PM PDT
with 55 Recommends
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