Polling indicates that Republican candidate for Ohio governor Vivek Ramaswamy has lost support from voters in the weeks since he aired a controversial campaign ad featuring his opponent’s long-estranged mother. A survey conducted by a Republican polling firm before the airing of the ad found that Democratic nominee Amy Acton and Ramaswamy were in a statistical tie, with Acton leading slightly…
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New polling indicates that nearly two-thirds of Americans believe social media has had a negative effect on democracy. In an international poll published by Pew Research last week, only 34 percent of Americans said they believe social media has had a positive impact on democracy, while 64 percent said the advent of social media has been a bad thing for democracy. Sixty-eight percent of…
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In remarks to reporters at the White House on Friday, President Donald Trump conceded that it is “possible” that his continued war on Iran will drag Republicans down in the midterm elections. But Trump also claimed the issue could be viewed positively by voters, thus helping the GOP, despite consistent polling data suggesting otherwise. “It should help,” Trump said of the war.
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In an interview with Time magazine that was published on Thursday, President Donald Trump reiterated his desire to “annihilate” the people of Iran, and lashed out at the press for attempting to hold him accountable for his promise that the war would only last four weeks. When asked “why is it taking so long” to end the conflict, Trump defended the length of the war, claiming he now has…
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An audio recording of a private conversation between U.S. Senate candidate Ken Paxton (R-Texas) and conservative donors last week reveals that he may view President Donald Trump as a “drag” on his and other Republicans’ campaigns. It’s unclear whether the discussion in the recording is directly about Trump, and parts of it are difficult to hear or understand. In the recording…
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During an interview on CNBC on Tuesday, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) attempted to persuade viewers to vote for Republicans in the upcoming midterm elections, suggesting that Americans want a repeat of the last two years, despite polling indicating otherwise. “What we would do in the next two years is exactly what we have been doing already,” Johnson said…
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