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POLL RESULTS: Congressional Bipartisanship Nationwide and in Battleground States

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60 56 54 50 42 7 3 2 2

Dysfunctional Broken Ineffective Gridlocked Partisan Bipartisan Has America's best interests at heart Functioning Effective

Nationwide Independents Battleground Battleground Independents

60 61 64 58 58 60 54 55 56 48 52 50 37 40 33 8 7 8 3 2 3 2 2 3 2 2 3

Nationwide

Voters think Congress is dysfunctional and reject the suggestion that it is effective.

Please indicate whether you think this word or phrase describes the United States Congress, or not.

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41 29 14 12

Nationwide

Political frustrations center around politicians’ inability to collaborate in a productive way.

Politicians can’t work together to get things done anymore. Career politicians have been in

• ffice too long and don’t

understand the needs of regular people. Politicians are politicizing issues that really shouldn’t be politicized. Out political system is broken and doesn’t work for me.

Nationwide Independents Battleground Battleground Independents

37 41 39 30 30 30 13 12 14 15 12 12

Which of these problems frustrates you the most?

For which candidate for Congress would you be more likely to vote?

Candidates who brand themselves as bipartisan will have a better chance of winning in upcoming elections.

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72 74 70 73 28 26 30 27

Nationwide Nationwide Independents Battleground Battleground Independents

A candidate who is willing to compromise to get things done A candidate who will stay true to his/her principles and not make any concessions 83 86 82 88 17 14 18 12

Nationwide Nationwide Independents Battleground Battleground Independents

A candidate who will vote for bipartisan legislation A candidate who will resist bipartisan legislation and stick with his/her party

Nationwide Nationwide Independents Battleground Battleground Independents Nationwide Nationwide Independents Battleground Battleground Independents

I want members of Congress to work together.

Across the country, voters agree that they want members of Congress to work together.

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78 79 77 79 18 14 19 14

Nationwide Nationwide Independents Battleground Battleground Independents

Strongly Agree Somewhat Agree 45 45 46 49 41 36 42 37

Nationwide Nationwide Independents Battleground Battleground Independents

Strongly Agree Somewhat Agree

NET AGREE

96 93 96 93

My member of Congress should work in a bipartisan fashion with other members of Congress.

NET AGREE

85 81 88 87

Nationwide Nationwide Independents Battleground Battleground Independents Nationwide Nationwide Independents Battleground Battleground Independents

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Their constituents believe that members of Congress should work to find compromise on the big issues.

Building/Improving Roads and Bridges Health Care Tax Reform Education Policy and School Choice Minimum Wage Immigration Policy Privacy Gun Control/ 2nd Amendment Issues Open Internet/Net Neutrality

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

Members of Congress should stick to their principles and not compromise with members of the other party. Members of Congress should work to find compromise with members of the other party.

In dealing with legislation on each of these issues, which comes closer to your view? KEY

Nationwide Nationwide Independents Battleground Battleground Independents

% close to view

Party Leadership Favorability

Congressional leaders of both parties have negative favorability ratings.

7 %Favorable/%Unfavorable

Nationwide Nationwide Independents Battleground Battleground Independents

Nancy Pelosi 28/54 15/59 27/54 16/58 Paul Ryan 28/54 24/48 28/55 23/50 Chuck Schumer 24/37 15/38 23/36 13/41 Mitch McConnell 13/55 9/49 11/56 9/52

Methodology

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Global Strategy Group conducted an online survey of 3,666 interviews among registered voters, including 2,039 nationwide and 2,346 among registered voters in battleground states between October 3 and 11, 2017. Battleground states consisted of Florida, New Hampshire, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri, Colorado, Arizona, Nevada, North Dakota, and Montana. Voters considered to be independent were those who identified as independent and did not lean toward either party or indicated that they had split their tickets between Democratic and Republican candidates in recent national, statewide, and local elections.

Voters

New York

215 Park Avenue South 15th Floor New York, NY 10003

Washington, DC

1001 G Street NW 6th Floor East Washington, DC 20001

Hartford

185 Asylum St 16th Floor Hartford, CT 06103

Denver

1120 Lincoln Street Suite 905 Denver, CO 80203

Chicago

222 W. Ontario St. Suite 600 Chicago, IL 60654

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