The Pollsters

#181: Kristen Sings Van Halen!

Poll of the week:<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/poll-democrats-regain-clear-advantage-in-midterms-shaping-up-as-referendum-on-president-trump/2018/09/03/b47be106-aefe-11e8-a20b-5f4f84429666_story.html?utm_term=.2e41168635e5"></a>WP/ABC poll on the Democratic advantage in the midtermsPresident Trump:<a href="http://elections.huffingtonpost.com/pollster/trump-job-approval">Job Approval</a><a href="https://realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/2018_generic_congressional_vote-6185.html">Generic Ballot</a>Brett Kavanaugh (last name sung to the tune of Van Halen’s “Panama”):<a href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/08/23/fox-news-poll-voters-split-45-46-percent-on-confirming-kavanaugh-to-high-court.html">Fox News Poll</a><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/16/politics/cnn-poll-kavanaugh-confirmation/index.html">CNN Poll</a><a href="https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/4792313/SCOTUSModelMemo01.pdf">WPA Intelligence Memo</a>Press Freedom:<a href="https://www.rcfp.org/sites/default/files/docs/20180905_104906_press_freedom_polling_report_slides.pdf">Building a Narrative Toward Trust</a>: Echelon Insights + Greenberg Quinlan Rosner<a href="https://www.kff.org/health-costs/poll-finding/kaiser-health-tracking-poll-late-summer-2018-the-election-pre-existing-conditions-and-surprises-on-medical-bills/">KFF Poll on corruption, healthcare, and the most important issue of the campaigns</a><a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887324391104578228241729282754?mod=searchresults&amp;page=1&amp;pos=28&amp;mod=article_inline">Notre Dame and Michigan are Trash (not really, everyone hates Alabama)</a>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

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