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Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson In Big Trouble As New Poll Shows Him Losing Badly In November

Wisconsin Republican Sen. Ron Johnson is fading quickly down the stretch as the 2022 midterm election enters the last leg, with a new poll showing him significantly behind in his race to remain in the U.S. Senate.

Johnson, who has been an ardent acolyte and apologist for disgraced, one-term, twice-impeached former president Donald Trump is now down by 7 points to Democratic nominee Mandela Barnes, who would become the youngest member of the Senate at 35 if he defeats the incumbent. He would also be the first black senator to ever represent Wisconsin.

The poll, from Marquette Law School, shows Barnes with a commanding 51-44% lead over Johnson, and the fact that Barnes is above 50% this late in the race is bad news for Johnson, who has a high unfavorable rating among those polled.

 

Johnson recently shot himself in the foot with remarks he made suggesting that Social Security and Medicare should be discretionary spending, meaning that Congress could refuse to fund the programs anytime they choose to. A discretionary item in the federal budget is also subject to review annually, which would jeopardize the long-term stability of both programs that benefit senior citizens.

Additionally, Johnson promised voters he wouldn’t serve more than two terms in the Senate, but is now seeking a third term, which has reportedly rankled many in the Badger State.

A win for Mandela Barnes would be a huge gain for Democrats and another step toward getting a filibuster-proof majority that would allow the Senate to get more done, including passing voting rights and abortion rights legislation which is being held hostage by Republicans.

Democrats are also doing well in other states that currently have GOP senators, including Ohio and Pennsylvania, where Trump-endorsed candidates J.D. Vance and Mehmet Oz are struggling to gain traction with voters.

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New Polls Show Democrats Increasing Their Majority In The Senate: Report

With the 2022 midterm elections now just a bit more than three months away, new polling data in four key battleground states — Georgia, North Carolina, Ohio and Pennsylvania — show Democrats increasing their majority in the U.S. Senate, thanks in large part to weak Republican candidates and their connection to failed, one-term former president Donald Trump.

Mediaite reports that the polling results were released in a memo from Trump’s former national security adviser, John Bolton, and carried the title, “New Poll Finds Trump Hurts Republican Chances in Key Senate Races Independents’ Opposition to Trump Could Give Democrats Outright Senate Control.”

Bolton then broke down the results from a new survey conducted by his John Bolton Super PAC of “likely voters in four key Senate battleground states (Georgia, North Carolina, Ohio, and Pennsylvania).”

In each of these four states, the Trump-backed candidate won the GOP primary and has since made headlines for their lackluster or controversial campaigns.

Summarizing the data, Bolton writes:

“Results indicate that Donald Trump is a significant drag on the general-election prospects of Republican candidates. Independent and undecided voters, whose votes will be critical, perhaps dispositive in November, nationally and in the four swing states, have decidedly unfavorable views of Trump.”

Especially troubling for Republicans is that among Independent voters, Trump’s favorability is 10 points underwater: Favorable 38%, Unfavorable 48%.

Additionally, a mere 12.5% of Republican primary voters identified as “Trump Republicans” and 73% said they were “moderate or conservative.”

Here’s a look at the polls from each state that Bolton cited in his memo:

  • Georgia: Republican Herschel Walker leads Democratic incumbent Raphael Warnock by 4 points 46% to 42% with a large amount of voters still undecided.
  • Pennsylvania: Republican Mehmet Oz is losing badly to Democrat John Fetterman, trailing by 6 points. Trump is seen as favorable by 31% of those surveyed, but 43% say they view the disgraced ex-president unfavorably.
  • Ohio: Republican J.D. Vance is down by 6 points to Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan, 44% to 38%.
  • North Carolina: Republican Ted Budd trails Democrat Cheri Beasley by 3 points, 43% to 40%.

Bolton concludes his memo with this warning for the GOP:

“Whatever Trump’s role in the nominating process, his role in the coming general elections can be fatal to GOP efforts to gain outright control of the Senate.

“Trump’s fixation on himself and the 2020 election are poisonous to independent and undecided voters. Republican candidates who hope to win in November are risking political suicide if they stress their closeness to Trump, or allow their opponents to portray them as mini-Trumps.”

If Republicans do indeed lose more seats in the Senate, one person will be responsible, and his name is Donald John Trump.

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Fox News Host Gets Her A*s Handed To Her When She Compares Biden’s Poll Numbers To Trump’s

Fox News host Harris Faulkner got hit with a dose of factual reality when she tried to make fun of President Joe Biden’s poll numbers.

Nomiki Konst, a progressive Fox contributor, was the guest, along with former Rep. Doug Collins (R-GA,) for segment on former President Barack Obama’s return to the White House on Tuesday.

When Faulker suggested that Obama was back in an effort to boost Biden’s polling, Konst reminded her:

“President Biden got 81 million votes. He has received more votes than any presidential candidate in the history of our country. I think he’s pretty popular. That’s it.”

Faulkner asked:

“Have you seen the polls?”

And that’s when Konst hit the Fox host with a reminder about the pathetic polling results Trump received during his four years in office:

“That number, his poll right now is the highest Donald Trump ever reached in polls. So you might want to check those numbers too.”

When Faulkner asked if Konst had seen “all the polls,” the guest replied:

“81 million votes.”

Rather than try to counter Konst with any facts or data, Collins finally spoke up and whined:

“Here we go again! It’s just amazing. You know, I would hate to go to lunch with you because all you know to talk about is, I want the hamburger and by the way, Trump made a worse hamburger.”

But here’s what Collins failed to address: So far, Biden has held a polling average of 48%, according to Gallup. Trump, on the other hand, had an anemic polling average of 39% during his term in office.

Donald Trump is the worst president in the history of this country. It’s just that simple.

Here’s the video from Fox News:

 

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Trump Gets Humiliated After Citing A Poll For An Election That’s Over Two Years Away

Proving that his sense of timing is almost as pathetic as his business acumen and taste in clothes, failed, twice-impeached former President Donald Trump decided he’d reference a new poll from Nevada showing him beating President Joe Biden in an election that’s 32 months away.

Since he no longer has access to Twitter, Trump sent out notice of the poll via his official spokesperson, Liz Harrington.

What use is a poll that’s not even going to be proven right or wrong for over two years? A lot can change in that amount of time, especially in the political world.

The tweet brings to mind some of the absurd claims Trump made during the 2020 election. Even then he claimed the polls had him winning big. For example:

U.S. President Donald Trump told Reuters on Wednesday he does not believe opinion polls showing his likely Democratic opponent Joe Biden leads him in the 2020 race for the White House.

During an Oval Office interview, the Republican president said he did not expect the election to be a referendum on his handling of the coronavirus pandemic and voiced surprise the former vice president was doing well.

“I don’t believe the polls,” Trump said. “I believe the people of this country are smart. And I don’t think that they will put a man in who’s incompetent.” (Reuters, April 29, 2021)

Or consider this:

President Donald Trump on Wednesday attacked a growing chorus of polls that do not anticipate a favorable outcome for him on Election Day following the release of new numbers that suggest a critical swing state is all but out of his reach.

“There’s tremendous support. Poll numbers are very good,” Trump said during a press conference in Nevada. “You don’t see the real poll numbers.” (US News & World Report, October 28, 2020)

But hey, that 2024 Nevada poll looks solid!

It didn’t take long before social media ridicule and mockery began.

https://twitter.com/griffo_nicholas/status/1507765015213969409?s=20&t=WUdfQYutHelEPvrTKRsSgw

https://twitter.com/JohnnyD93941059/status/1507764223908134919?s=20&t=WUdfQYutHelEPvrTKRsSgw
https://twitter.com/GamuBrandon/status/1507790767149961218?s=20&t=WUdfQYutHelEPvrTKRsSgw
 

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Ron DeSantis’ Political Future Looks More Uncertain Than Ever

There was a time not so long ago when Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis was seen by many in the GOP as a rising star who might even have a chance at one day becoming president of the United States.

But those days are long gone. DeSantis has repeatedly mishandled the COVID pandemic in his state, causing his support among senior citizens (a key voting block in the Sunshine State) to wane right as he’s gearing up to seek a second term in office next year.

And now more bad news has arrived for DeSantis in the form of a poll from St. Pete Polls which shows him running dead even with the likely Democratic nominee, Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried.

According to the poll — which was commissioned by Florida Politics — DeSantis looks vulnerable:

“The poll found the incumbent Republican Governor and the potential Democratic challenger both taking about 45% of the vote. A close look shows DeSantis winning 45.2% to Fried’s 44.6%, a difference far smaller than the survey’s 2.2% margin of error.

“The poll finds DeSantis holding 76% Republican support, while Fried has less than 72% among Democrats, showing the incumbent performing better with his own base. But 46% of independents favor Fried, compared to 42% who prefer DeSantis.”

In a closely divided state like Florida, independent voters are the key to winning, and they favor Fried, which is very bad news for DeSantis, who has also been an ardent and vocal supporter of failed, one-term former President Donald Trump. Trump is not seen positively in much of the country, especially among independent voters or the elderly. That raises a larger question: With Trump now calling Florida his home and holed up at Mar-a-Lago, could DeSantis’ connections to the former president be politically detrimental to him as he seeks reelection?

If Fried does indeed announce a run for governor and become the Democratic nominee, she would be a formidable opponent for DeSantis, whose popularity is falling.

Even though the 2022 election is still over a year and a half away, polls are clearly showing that DeSantis can be beaten. And given his own propensity for making the wrong decision no matter the issue, his popularity will likely continue to decrease.

Florida may be on the verge of turning blue. That’s very bad news for the entire Republican Party.