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Washington Post
15 hours ago
- Politics
- Washington Post
Instead of defending budget bill, GOP touts one that doesn't exist
If you don't have anything nice to say, just make something up instead. That's the strategy Republican politicians have adopted in hopes of selling their regressive, unpopular budget bill to voters, as an even harsher version of the legislation now makes its way through the Senate. The One Big Beautiful Bill is already deeply underwater, voter-wise. Multiple polls now show that about twice as many Americans oppose the bill as support it. This should not be a surprise, given that this legislation is effectively a mash-up of multiple past GOP initiatives that, individually, had each been among the worst-polling major bills in recent history.
Daily Mail
21 hours ago
- Politics
- Daily Mail
Trump declares 'MAGA hates Fox News' after bad border poll...but he still likes the anchors
President Donald Trump went on a tear Thursday morning after a new Fox News Channel poll showed Americans split on the Republican's immigration policy. 'The Crooked FoxNews Polls got the Election WRONG, I won by much more than they said I would, and have been biased against me for years. They are always wrong and negative,' Trump posted to Truth Social. 'It's why MAGA HATES FoxNews, even though their anchors are GREAT,' Trump fumed. 'This has gone on for years, but they never change the incompetent polling company that does their work.' He then pointed to the latest survey. The poll, which was released Wednesday, showed Trump with a 46 percent approval rating overall, with another 54 percent disapproving of the job he's done so far. His numbers on 'border security' were better - with 53 percent approving and 46 percent disapproving. When voters were asked about 'immigration' his numbers were lower again. Forty-six percent said they approved and 53 percent said they disapproved. His lowest numbers were actually on the topic of 'inflation,' with 64 percent disapproving of Trump's handling of this top economic issue, and just 34 percent approving. Still, he took offense at how he was being rated on the border. 'Now a FoxNews poll comes out this morning giving me a little more than 50% at the Border, and yet the Border is miraculously perfect, NOBODY WAS ABLE TO COME IN LAST MONTH,' he wrote. '60,000 people came in with Sleepy Joe in the same month last year.' 'I hate FAKE pollsters, one of the Worst, but Fox will never change their discredited pollster!' the president complained. The outburst came Thursday morning as the world continued to wait and see whether the United States would join Israel in its current bombing campaign against Iran. The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday night that Trump had signed off on an attack plan for Iran but the president had yet to issue a final order. Overnight Thursday the U.S. did not get involved in the week-long war between Israel and Iran. 'The Wall Street Journal has No Idea what my thoughts are concerning Iran!' also wrote on Truth Social Thursday morning. The president also slammed Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell - who he appointed - after the Fed decided Wednesday not to push interest rates down as Trump has demanded. '"Too Late" Jerome Powell is costing our Country Hundreds of Billions of Dollars. He is truly one of the dumbest, and most destructive, people in Government, and the Fed Board is complicit,' Trump wrote. 'Europe has had 10 cuts, we have had none,' he continued. 'We should be 2.5 Points lower, and save $BILLIONS on all of Biden's Short Term Debt.' 'We have LOW inflation! TOO LATE's an American Disgrace!' Trump wrote.
The Australian
a day ago
- Business
- The Australian
David Crisafulli orders Verian, The Lab Insight and Strategy, Fifty-Five Five polling
You can now listen to The Australian's articles. Give us your feedback. You can now listen to The Australian's articles. David Crisafulli's department has quietly commissioned more than $650,000 in taxpayer-funded polling and market research in just five months, after he criticised former premier Annastacia Palaszczuk for doing the same thing. Government spending disclosures show Mr Crisafulli's Department of Premier and Cabinet ordered four tranches of 'market research' and 'concept testing' from polling and research companies The Lab Insight and Strategy, Verian Group, and Fifty-Five Five between December and April, at a total cost of $651,107. The Australian revealed ahead of the 2020 state election that Labor premier Ms Palaszczuk's department had spent $528,000 for Ipsos to do Covid-19 polling and market research. She refused to release the data. But in February last year, her successor, Labor premier Steven Miles, eventually published thousands of pages of research dating back to 2020. The Labor government ended up spending more than $1m surveying Queenslanders on issues such as youth crime, the Brisbane 2032 Olympics, the Indigenous voice to parliament and pandemic border closures. As opposition leader, Mr Crisafulli was highly critical of Ms Palaszczuk's decision to order the research and not release it. In parliament in November 2023, he accused the premier and her government of having the 'wrong priorities' and focusing on spending 'hundreds of thousands of dollars to try to secure its political future'. 'The premier always says that the only poll that matters is the one on election day. Why, then, would she spend hundreds of thousands of Queensland taxpayers' dollars to save her job today?' Mr Crisafulli said. 'Why do we have a government so focused on its own survival rather than on what Queenslanders are experiencing in their lives? 'Queenslanders are living with a health crisis, a youth crime crisis, a cost-of-living crisis and a housing crisis. This government's focus is on how it can get secret polling to try to save itself from facing its date with destiny.' During the Covid pandemic, then Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk commissioned taxpayer-funded polling and market research but refused to release it. Picture: Dan Peled When Steven Miles succeeded Ms Palaszczuk as premier, he published the taxpayer-funded polling. Picture: Lyndon Mechielsen At the same time, Mr Crisafulli's LNP opposition moved a motion in parliament in an unsuccessful attempt to force Ms Palaszczuk to release the Ipsos polling. Then opposition integrity in government spokeswoman Fiona Simpson – now Mr Crisafulli's Minister for Women – said there was 'simply no justification for this secret polling to continue to be locked away from public view'. On Thursday, The Australian asked Mr Crisafulli's office to release the research, to commit to releasing any in-progress research once complete, and to detail the terms of reference for each contract, but was rebuffed. A government spokesman said 'concept development of policy campaigns and the development of their corresponding communication campaigns is a longstanding practice employed across the Queensland government, and is a vital step to ensure critical communications resonate with Queenslanders and is effective'. 'An example of this work undertaken by the Queensland government is the anti-bullying campaign, which engaged directly with parents, teachers and students to ensure anti-bullying messaging was as effective as possible in driving down bullying in schools,' he said. The spokesman did not answer questions about what methodology – such as focus groups – the market research companies were using, and declined to give a full list of what topics or policies were being canvassed with voters. In parliament in September 2021, opposition MP Laura Gerber – now Mr Crisafulli's Youth Justice Minister – called for the Palaszczuk government to release the pandemic-related polling and be 'open and accountable'. 'This is public money,' Ms Gerber said. 'At the very least, Queenslanders deserve to see what they got for their half a million dollars. Taxpayers deserve to see the results of the secret polling they paid for.' Sarah Elks Senior Reporter Sarah Elks is a senior reporter for The Australian in its Brisbane bureau, focusing on investigations into politics, business and industry. Sarah has worked for the paper for 15 years, primarily in Brisbane, but also in Sydney, and in Cairns as north Queensland correspondent. She has covered election campaigns, high-profile murder trials, and natural disasters, and was named Queensland Journalist of the Year in 2016 for a series of exclusive stories exposing the failure of Clive Palmer's Queensland Nickel business. Sarah has been nominated for four Walkley awards. @sarahelks Sarah Elks
Yahoo
a day ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
‘Awful, awful, awful': Polls show Trump's net approval is at its ‘worst'
When describing the aggregate polling around President Donald Trump, CNN host and analyst Harry Enten described the polling with one word: hurt. On Friday, Enten shared the latest polling from Quinnipiac University and Associated Press-NORC that show Trump's net approval down at minus 16 and minus 21, respectively. The numbers represent the difference between those who disapprove of Trump's handling of the presidency and those who approve. 'Awful, awful, awful for both of these pollsters,' Enten said. 'Where we are right now — both Quinnipiac and AP-NORC — the worst for Donald Trump in this term so far. He is very much, way, way, way underwater, at least in these two polls." Immigration continues to be a 'strength,' Enten said. But there's a caveat. 'You go back to June 1, he was at plus 4 points,' Enten said. 'Look at where he is now: minus 2 points in the aggregate. That is a drop of 6 points in only about two weeks time. The only thing that's happened over the last two weeks is obviously Donald Trump's ramped-up immigration, hawkish agenda.' 'The American people are saying, 'No, we do not like that,'' he continued. 'And they have turned against the president on his core strength issue of immigration, he is underwater on the issue that is strongest for him.' Quinnipiac also found that 38% of voters approve of Trump's administration, while AP-NORC found that 39% held a positive view of Trump's work during his second term. Quinnipiac was conducted among 1,265 self-identified registered voters between June 5 and 9, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.8%. The AP-NORC poll surveyed 1,158 adults between June 5 and 9, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4%. Since these polls were taken, protests broke out in Los Angeles after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids south of downtown. This led to violent clashes between Los Angeles police and protesters, along with daily protests across the region, Trump deploying the National Guard and the United States Marines and a growing war of words between the president and Gov. Gavin Newsom. Federal judge orders Trump admin to reinstate hundreds of NIH grants Northeastern governors, Canadian leaders huddle in Boston to talk trade, tariffs and Trump Federal judge delays decision over Trump admin barring Harvard foreign students Trump administration considers adding 36 countries to travel ban New poll shows Trump's approval is high on this major policy issue Read the original article on MassLive.
Yahoo
a day ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
Trump or AOC? Who do Americans prefer? A new poll tells the tale
If you were given the choice, would you choose the policies of President Donald Trump or U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez? A recent poll by Napolitan News Service, conducted by veteran pollster Scott Rasmussen, asked 2,000 registered voters to choose between four, hypothetical presidential candidates with 'equal skills and temperament.' Seventeen percent of the poll's respondents said they'd prefer a traditional Republican, while 22% said they'd back a traditional Democrat. About a third of respondents (35%), however, said they'd back a Trump-like Republican, while 17% said they'd support a Democrat in tune with the policies of Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y. The poll comes amid some mixed polling news for Trump, who's seen his net approval rating tumble to its 'worst' level so far, according to one veteran analyst. Ocasio-Cortez, who's been mentioned as a 2028 White House contender, has seen her political star ascending. An AtlasIntel poll, released earlier this month, found that she ranked third most popular among respondents — behind former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama. She held a positive impression, at 46%, compared to Trump, at 44%, and beat other political figures, including Vice President JD Vance and former Vice President Kamala Harris, who both had 42%, MassLive's sibling site, reported. The Napolitian News Service poll, conducted between June 9 and June 12, had a margin of error of 2.2%. Trump blasts one of his key cabinet members: 'I don't care what she said' 'That's not kooky' major Trump ally breaks with president on former news host G7 countries are 'not big fans' of Donald Trump, new poll says Trump admin asks court to rule against Harvard without a trial TACO Trump changes course again on immigration raids at certain businesses Read the original article on MassLive.
