The Pollsters

#197: Shutdown Showdown!

ManafortWhy it would it—or wouldn’t it—be a big deal for a foreign intelligence operation to have internal polling data from a campaign?Shutdown<a href="https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/08/poll-voters-blame-trump-gop-for-shutdown-1088207">Voters blame Trump, GOP for shutdown</a> (POLITICO/Morning Consult)<a href="https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/trump-has-lost-ground-in-the-shutdown-blame-game/">Trump Has Lost Ground In The Shutdown Blame Game</a> (FiveThirtyEight)Congressional Priorities<a href="https://navigatorresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/01_2019_Navigator.pdf">Government Gets an Upgrade</a> (Navigator)<a href="https://news.gallup.com/poll/245708/americans-long-list-congress-spans-education-income.aspx?g_source=link_NEWSV9&amp;g_medium=NEWSFEED&amp;g_campaign=item_&amp;g_content=Americans%27%2520Long%2520List%2520for%2520Congress%2520Spans%2520Education%2520to%2520Income">Americans' Long List for Congress Spans Education to Income</a> (Gallup)2020<a href="https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/1/8/1824418/-Elizabeth-Warren-wins-the-first-Daily-Kos-2020-Presidential-Straw-Poll-full-results">Elizabeth Warren wins the first Daily Kos 2020 Presidential Straw Poll</a> (Daily Kos)<a href="https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/1/7/1824180/-Daily-Kos-Democratic-Straw-Poll-inaugural-edition">Daily Kos Democratic Straw Poll, inaugural edition!</a>American Ideology by Gallup<a href="https://news.gallup.com/poll/245813/leans-conservative-liberals-keep-recent-gains.aspx?g_source=link_NEWSV9&amp;g_medium=LEAD&amp;g_campaign=item_&amp;g_content=U.S.%2520Still%2520Leans%2520Conservative%2c%2520but%2520Liberals%2520Keep%2520Recent%2520Gains">U.S. Still Leans Conservative, but Liberals Keep Recent Gains</a><a href="https://news.gallup.com/poll/245801/americans-continue-embrace-political-independence.aspx?g_source=link_NEWSV9&amp;g_medium=NEWSFEED&amp;g_campaign=item_&amp;g_content=Americans%2520Continue%2520to%2520Embrace%2520Political%2520Independence">Americans Continue to Embrace Political Independence</a>#MeToo<a href="https://morningconsult.com/2019/01/08/celebrity-soapbox-on-metoo-issues-creates-positive-change-plurality-says/">Celebrity Soapbox on #MeToo Issues Creates Positive Change, Plurality Says</a> (Morning Consult)Doggos<a href="https://www.newsweek.com/republicans-dogs-more-democrats-poll-shows-trump-no-dog-1229027">Republicans Like Dogs More Than Democrats</a> (YouGov/The Economist)Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

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