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Montanans want more solar, natural gas development, are less interested in new coal plants.
(Amanda Eggert, @montanafreepress.org, @eagletonpoll.bsky.social)
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Battleground Poll: Tariffs, Tax Cuts & Trouble for Republicans.
(Navigator Research)
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Voters Want More Epstein Accountability — But Don't Expect to See It.
(Data for Progress)
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Confidence that career scientists at federal health agencies are providing the public with trustworthy information about matters concerning public health is higher than confidence in the leaders of those agencies.
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As war with Iran heads toward a second week, most Americans say that they are against the military action and disapprove of how President Trump is handling it, according to the latest NPR/PBS News/Marist poll.
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Americans increasingly split on party lines over the U.S. attack on Iran.
(@dhmontgomery.com, YouGov)
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Border security is Trump’s only positive issue. He's underwater by 35 points on the cost of living, 27 on tariffs, 23 on the economy and healthcare, 20 on foreign policy, 19 on taxes, 13 on jobs and 6 points on immigration.
(Fox News)
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Americans' Views on the Nation's Global Image and Power.
(Gallup)
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Opinion | Red v. blue is too simplistic — America is mostly made up of purplish states Philip Bump: Election results in Texas and North Carolina have Democrats dreaming big about “turning” red states blue.

Election results in Texas and North Carolina have Democrats dreaming big about “turning” red states blue.
(@pbump.com)
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YouGov survey results by political party for the question, Do you approve or disapprove of the decision to fire Kristi Noem as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security?

Mar 6 poll of 2,367 U.S. adults (+/-2.2 points)
% who approve | disapprove of the decision to fire Kristi Noem as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security
U.S. adults 52% | 18%
Democrats 60% | 21%
Independents 47% | 16%
Republicans 51% | 17%
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The cost of living is voters' top economic concern, by a wide margin.
(Fox News Poll)
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26% of Independents approve of President Trump's job performance and a record-high 69% disapprove, for a net job approval of -43 — a record low for either term.
(Economist / YouGov)
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How War in Iran Is Colliding With Trump’s Economic Priorities A promise to steady the economy helped the president win voters in 2024. The attack on Iran could undermine that support, months before the midterms.

How War in Iran Is Colliding With Trump’s Economic Priorities: A promise to steady the economy helped the president win voters in 2024. The attack on Iran could undermine that support, months before the midterms.
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How War in Iran Is Colliding With Trump’s Economic Priorities A promise to steady the economy helped the president win voters in 2024. The attack on Iran could undermine that support, months before the midterms.

How War in Iran Is Colliding With Trump’s Economic Priorities: A promise to steady the economy helped the president win voters in 2024. The attack on Iran could undermine that support, months before the midterms.
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Border security is Trump’s only positive issue. He's underwater by 35 points on the cost of living, 27 on tariffs, 23 on the economy and healthcare, 20 on foreign policy, 19 on taxes, 13 on jobs and 6 points on immigration.
(Fox News)
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Views of foreign aid are markedly different from Gallup's prior reading in 2009, with fewer Americans saying the U.S. spends too much, and far more saying it spends too little.
(Gallup)
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How voters feel the federal government is working.
(Fox News Poll)
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The cost of living is voters' top economic concern, by a wide margin.
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Opinion | Red v. blue is too simplistic — America is mostly made up of purplish states Philip Bump: Election results in Texas and North Carolina have Democrats dreaming big about “turning” red states blue.

Election results in Texas and North Carolina have Democrats dreaming big about “turning” red states blue.
(@pbump.com)
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Voters Increasingly Think Artificial Intelligence Will Hurt the Economy.
(Data for Progress)
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Majority of Americans disapprove of how President Trump is handling the Epstein files.
(Navigator Research)
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Americans' Views on the Nation's Global Image and Power.
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51% of Americans say they strongly disapprove of President Trump's job performance. That's a record high for Trump in either of his two terms.
(Economist / YouGov)
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Trump, the polls, and the war with Iran: What happened to the ‘President of Peace’? The president once saw opposition to wars as key to his popularity. But the Iran attacks show he is now more interested in spending political capital than saving it.

Trump, the polls, and the war with Iran: What happened to the ‘President of Peace’?
(@andypayne.bsky.social @chathamhouse.org)
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