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Independent Presidential Candidate RFK Jr. Polls At 19 Percent, New Poll Shows
Is Robert F. Kennedy Jr. a serious presidential candidate? The independent might not be polling as well as former president Donald Trump…
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RFK Jr. Trails Biden By 43 Points, Poll Shows
Environmental lawyer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has some support in the Democratic presidential primary. Kennedy received 19 percent support in the latest…
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Charlie Baker’s Approval Rating Still High, Poll Shows
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker's approval rating is high in the most recent public opinion poll. A Suffolk University/Boston Globe…
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Warren, Sanders Trail Trump In Latest Poll
If they receive the Democratic Party's presidential nomination, Massachusetts U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren and Vermont U.S. Senator Bernie…
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Boston drivers face costly crunch as parking disappears
BOSTON – For three years, the dilapidated city-owned Winthrop Square garage in Boston's Financial District has sat vacant, nearly a…
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America’s values keep sliding lower, poll shows
Does America need a moral facelift? Many Republicans say yes. And so do a lot of Democrats, though fewer than in previous…
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Baker remains on top in popularity rankings, poll shows
BOSTON – Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker remains the country's most popular governor, according to a survey released Thursday by Morning Consult…
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The White House won’t be handed to Clinton
Tuesday was not a good day for Hillary Clinton's campaign.…
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5 candidates vie for validation in 5 states
WASHINGTON (AP) — Five candidates, five states, five very different paths forward. The four men and one woman who would be president all…
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Poll suggests wide support for ‘millionaire’ tax proposal
BOSTON – More than three quarters of Boston residents polled said they would support a surtax on incomes of $1 million or more,…
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Economy, Wall Street dominate issues as NY votes
WASHINGTON (AP) — As New York voters headed to the polls Tuesday, Democrats were more likely than Republicans to say they have been…
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Americans blame Trump for spreading rude behavior
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ask Americans about bad manners in the 2016 presidential campaign and the conversation shifts immediately to Donald Trump, the GOP…
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Most voters say ‘meh’ — at best — on presidential field
WASHINGTON (AP) — Most American voters say "meh" — at best — about the 2016 field of presidential candidates in both parties. That&…
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Pizza and long lines: Arizona voters waited into wee hours
PHOENIX (AP) — Gustavo Mendez waited four hours to vote in Arizona's presidential primary, marking his ballot just as poll workers…
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Most Americans see illegal drugs as a big problem
LYNN, Mass. (AP) – Sharon Johnson calls herself an addict, although she's been sober for three years now. She started by…
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Republican self-sabotage
The latest CBS poll suggests that the Donald Trump juggernaut continues to roll, with 35 percent of Republicans supporting him. Ted Cruz,…
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Granite State remains a toss up, polling data suggest
BOSTON – With judgment day less than three weeks away, unexpected surges in Granite State popularity among the many candidates are fueling speculation…
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Clinton confronts rival Sanders as Iowa polls tighten
WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — Hillary Clinton has spent much of her presidential campaign looking past Democratic rival Bernie Sanders, focusing instead on Republicans…
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Trump, Sanders tap common themes to sway voters
The dynamics fueling the surging campaigns of presidential candidates Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders are more similar than not, as the success…
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Trump trails the GOP pack in one key race
Donald Trump holds a commanding lead in Republican presidential polls. The most recent CNN poll shows Trump with a 20-point lead…
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Clinton, Obama top lists of most-admired, Gallup says
BOSTON – Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and President Barack Obama topped this year's Gallup poll of the most-admired woman…
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Massachusetts’s leading ladies call for female candidates
CHESTNUT HILL – Some of Massachusetts's top Democratic and Republican women gathered Friday at Boston College Law School to discuss barriers…
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Christie, Huckabee polls relegate both to undercard debate
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Two candidates who have been part of each of the prime-time Republican debates so far, Chris Christie…
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Trump struggles to explain drop from lead in polls
WASHINGTON (AP) — What's a Donald Trump campaign for president look like if he's no longer the only front-…
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The Hillary and Donald show
The theatrics of politics can work best in summer stock. The candidates know they're not yet playing on Broadway, but…
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Do polls reveal the God’s honest truth? No, but they still count
Written by Cathy Lynn Grossman (RNS) The uses — and abuses — of public opinion polling made headlines this week after Fox News claimed…
