Poll Shows Voters Demanding Conservative Agenda

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For Immediate Release:  September 7, 2017
For More Information, Contact: Colleen Holcomb
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Washington, D.C.,    Republican legislators who ignore the Donald Trump policy agenda will be vulnerable to primary challenges in the 2018 midterm elections, according to a new McLaughlin and Associates poll. In fact, close to two-thirds of all voters measured indicated that voting to increase the debt ceiling would make them less likely to vote for a Republican incumbent. 
 
This poll of likely voters uses a sample modeled on the November 2016 election turnout, and shows that legislators following the path of least resistance in Washington are on a collision course for primary defeat in the 2018 election cycle. 
 
When asked if they would be more or less likely to vote for their legislators based on specific votes, the sample including Republicans (33%), Democrats (36%) and Independents (31%) said they would be less likely to vote for their legislator by the following margins:

When asked if it was time for new Republican leadership, meaning replacing Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan 63% of those surveyed answered “Yes.”  
 
Thirty-five-year veteran pollster John McLaughlin noted that this poll reflected a political environment unlike any he has ever seen.  “In contrast to President Obama, this poll shows that President Trump’s personal approval rating of 46% lags behind his job approval rating of 48%, but despite the polarizing personal ratings that are prompting many legislators to back away from him, voters are highly motivated to vote against those hindering his policy agenda,” said McLaughlin. 
 
Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning noted, “This poll indicates that the mainstream media-dictated “Washington wisdom” is, once again, misreading voters.  If Congressional leadership continues to push an agenda of retreat from the Trump campaign promises, they are rushing headlong into the danger of unprecedented defeat in the primary season.”