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Scott PowersMay 9, 2016

So whom do Florida Republicans want to see Donald Trump pick as his running mate? The Republican Party of Florida is asking, in an informal poll attached to a fundraising pitch Monday. Republican backers are getting a chance to pick from 11 prospects including four of this year’s former presidential candidates such as Florida’s Sen. […]

Scott PowersMay 6, 2016

A new comprehensive study on American views on foreign affairs finds to no surprise that Republicans are from Mars and Democrats from Venus, but also finds Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump‘s supporters more isolationist than anyone. The survey, released Thursday by the Pew Research Center, finds that Democrats consider the nation’s biggest global fears to be climate […]

Scott PowersApril 1, 2016

A poll commissioned by two progressive Democrats’ groups supporting Alan Grayson finds that the Orlando congressman leads U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy in a tight race for the Democratic nomination for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat. The poll, commissioned by Progressive Change Campaign Committee and Democracy For America, was conducted by Public Policy Polling on March 23 […]

Scott PowersFebruary 22, 2016

A new survey by the Pew Research Center finds a majority of Americans want the U.S. Senate to hold confirmation hearings this year on a Supreme Court appointee to replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia. Overall, 56 percent of those polled said they would support Senate hearings this year, while 38 percent preferred the course […]

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Florida Republicans querying donors on possible vice president choice: Rick Scott, Marco Rubio, ‘Mad Dog’ Mattis

Pew Research: Republicans, Democrats have starkly different foreign affairs priorities

Poll: Alan Grayson leads Patrick Murphy by 1 point in Democrats’ U.S. Senate race

Pew Research Center survey says majority want Senate hearings on Supreme Court nominee