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High Gas Prices, Driven Up by the Iran War, Loom Over the Midterms
A private document from Navigator Research, a liberal polling firm, that has been circulating among House Democrats encouraged them to focus less on criticizing Mr. Trump’s wartime partnership with Israel and his failure to get congressional approval for the assault on Iran and more on economic issues. The top-testing messages were arguments that Mr. Trump […]
‘Things are going to get worse’: Swing-state mothers sour on government
They felt “overwhelmed” by bad news and grocery bills. They weren’t sure who “you can trust these days.” And they couldn’t name a politician that might fix it. By convening a focus group of seven swing state voters, all mothers between 27 and 48 years old, the Democratic firm Navigator Research found angst about the country’s direction and little faith in either party’s ability to fix its problems.
Young women feel left behind under Trump’s economy
Concerned. Nervous. Uncertain. Worried. Pessimistic. Bad. Those were some of the words used by young women in battleground states when asked how they felt about the direction of the United States in two recent focus groups convened by Navigator Research, a Democratic-aligned polling and public opinion research project, and observed by The 19th.
The budget dance begins
The poll, conducted by Global Strategy Group and commissioned by left-of-center messaging and polling firm Navigator Research, shows 68 percent of voters in the Northeast’s 76 battleground districts oppose reductions to federal funding for Medicaid and SNAP.
The moment Trump’s State of the Union speech changed
At first, President Donald Trump stuck to a largely positive message. But his big speech took a turn about an hour in.
ICE, Interrupted
With D.H.S. funding set to expire, Democrats—newly unified, and with a favorable polling wind at their backs—are prepared to risk a shutdown over reforming ICE, betting that Republicans and a politically weakened Trump will absorb the blame.
Republicans think RFK Jr. can help them in the midterms. Democrats worry that’s true.
Republicans believe that Kennedy’s focus on reforming America’s food has broad bipartisan appeal that can help the party hold Congress.
Food Used to Be Democrats’ Territory. What Happened?
Once a topic associated with Michelle Obama, food reform has now become the province of RFK Jr. But if Dems decide to reclaim it, they could peel MAHA votes away from the GOP.