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							<title><![CDATA[Economic Anxiety Didn't Elect Trump, and It May Hurt His Party]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Sides</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The president is less popular than overall growth would predict.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Blame Media for Trump's Continued Success]]></title>
							<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2015/08/28/why-does-trump-remain-atop-the-polls-you-can-still-blame-the-media/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Sides</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Cranky Reader: Sides, you are an idiot.Me: Cranky Reader! Welcome back. It&#194;&#146;s been a long time since you&#194;&#146;ve been in touch.CR: Unfortunately, it hasn&#194;&#146;t been a long time since you&#194;&#146;ve been dead wrong about a presidential election.Me: What did I do now?CR: Remember how a few weeks ago you...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dems Divided on &quot;Culture War&quot; Issues, Too]]></title>
							<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2015/04/04/democrats-are-divided-on-culture-war-issues-too/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Sides</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Jonathan Martin in the New York Times:The uproar set off by legislation in Indiana and Arkansas that sponsors billed as religious freedom measures not only signaled a revival of the culture wars, but also threw into stark relief the expectations and tensions in the coalitions that now...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Late Shifts in the Polls Probably Won't Help Dems]]></title>
							<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2014/10/17/why-late-shifts-in-the-polls-probably-wont-help-democrats-in-senate-races/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 18 Oct 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Sides</author>
							<description><![CDATA[All of the major Senate forecasting models, including ours at Election Lab, now rely heavily on averages of public polls. This raises the question of whether those averages will be correct on Election Day, and whether any misses could affect which party manages to retain control of the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Republicans May Avoid Ghost of Senate Elections Past]]></title>
							<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2014/04/09/why-republicans-may-avoid-the-ghost-of-senate-elections-past/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Sides</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Although the Republicans have made notable gains in the House since 2008, they have not done that well in the Senate.  The problem, the story goes, was the candidates they nominated in some Senate races: Sharon Angle, Todd Akin, Richard Mourdock, and others.  These candidates were simply...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dems Have a Young People Problem, Too]]></title>
							<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2014/03/10/democrats-have-a-young-people-problem-too/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Sides</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A new Pew Research Center report on millennials has been receiving well-deserved attention. For politics, the prevailing interpretation of the report seems to be: Republicans are screwed. Millennials are more liberal and Democratic-leaning than older generations, and because most...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats' Uphill Path to 270 in 2016]]></title>
							<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2014/01/18/the-democratic-partys-uphill-battle-to-270-electoral-votes-in-2016/?wprss=rss_politics&amp;clsrd</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jan 2014 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>John Sides</author>
							<description><![CDATA[My Post colleague Dan Balz has some very interesting reporting from Democratic and Republican strategists.  Both groups seem somewhat pessimistic about the GOP&rsquo;s chances in 2016:]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why It Matters That Obama Approval Is Falling]]></title>
							<link>http://themonkeycage.org/2013/06/18/why-it-matters-that-obamas-approval-rating-is-falling/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Sides</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Despite ridiculous hype about a recent CNN poll that showed an exaggerated 8-point drop in Obama&rsquo;s approval rating, there&rsquo;s no doubt that his approval rating is about 4 points lower than it was in January 2013.  There&rsquo;s lots of speculation as to why&mdash;see, e.g.,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[2012 Doesn't Mean Republicans Need Reboot]]></title>
							<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/03/31/no-the-2012-election-didnt-prove-the-republican-party-needs-a-reboot/?wprss=rss_ezra-klein</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Sides</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Losing a presidential election always sends a political party into paroxysms.  Accusations and recriminations abound.  2012 has been no different, with a plethora of conflicting advice being dispensed to the Republican Party.  Politico even had to create new tag to keep up with all of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Gerrymandering Isn't What's Wrong with Politics]]></title>
							<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/02/03/gerrymandering-is-not-whats-wrong-with-american-politics/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>John Sides</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Blogs &amp; ColumnsFeatured BlogsBlogs &amp; ColumnsBlogs &amp; ColumnsBlogs &amp; ColumnsBlogs &amp; ColumnsBlogs &amp; ColumnsBlogs &amp; ColumnsBlogs &amp; ColumnsBlogs &amp; ColumnsView all Tag PostsView all Tag PostsView all Tag PostsView all Tag PostsPosted by John Sides on February 3, 2013 at 12:29 pmPoli-Sci...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Time is Fleeting for Gun Control Legislation]]></title>
							<link>http://themonkeycage.org/blog/2012/12/17/will-there-be-gun-control-legislation/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[The Monkey Cageby John Sides on December 17, 2012 &#194;&#183; 0 commentsin Legislative Politics,ViolenceJon Chait is pessimistic.  Jon Bernstein perhaps less so.  Alec MacGillis even less so.  Here is my two cents:First, this shift in public opinion is worth mentioning:And people who think such...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Romney Out-Advertises Obama in Final Week]]></title>
							<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/wp/2012/11/06/romney-campaign-out-advertises-obama-in-the-final-week/?wprss=rss_ezra-klein</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>John Sides</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Blogs &amp; ColumnsFeatured BlogsBlogs &amp; ColumnsBlogs &amp; ColumnsBlogs &amp; ColumnsBlogs &amp; ColumnsBlogs &amp; ColumnsBlogs &amp; ColumnsBlogs &amp; ColumnsBlogs &amp; ColumnsA guide to exit pollsHarry Reid]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Did the European Union Cause Peace?]]></title>
							<link>http://themonkeycage.org/blog/2012/10/12/did-the-eu-cause-peace/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Sides</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Monkey Cageby Erik Voeten on October 12, 2012 &#194;&#183; 6 commentsin International RelationsSo the EU won the Nobel Economics Peace Prize today for &#8220; for over six decades contributed to the advancement of peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights in Europe.&#8221; It is...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[GOP Struggles to Campaign on Medicare]]></title>
							<link>http://themonkeycage.org/blog/2012/08/14/why-its-hard-for-republicans-to-campaign-on-medicare/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[The Monkey Cageby John Sides on August 14, 2012 &#194;&#183; 2 commentsin Campaigns and electionsRomney advisor Ed Gillespie:This will be an uphill battle for the GOP, for two reasons.First, Democrats are more trusted to handle the issue of Medicare.  That is, they &#8220;own&#8221; the issue. ...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Really Happened in the 1980 Campaign]]></title>
							<link>http://themonkeycage.org/blog/2012/08/09/what-really-happened-in-the-1980-presidential-campaign/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[The Monkey Cageby John Sides on August 9, 2012 &#194;&#183; 0 commentsin Campaigns and electionsBryon York reports:As Jonathan Chait noted, 1980 is a poor comparison with 2012 for many reasons.  One is simply that the economy is not as bad in 2012 as it was in 1980.  Another is that Obama is much...]]></description>
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