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							<title><![CDATA[Hoover 2022 Poll: How Do We Perceive Each Other?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2022/02/28/hoover_2022_poll_how_do_we_perceive_each_other_147255.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Douglas Rivers</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The second of two parts
The second annual Hoover poll on the State of the Union concluded, like the first, that the divide between parties had not lessened during President Biden'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s first year.
Republicans and Democrats disagreed about the role of the government in the economy and in...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The 2022 Hoover State of the Union Poll]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2022/02/27/the_2022_hoover_state_of_the_union_poll_147252.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 27 Feb 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Douglas Rivers</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The first of two parts
In January 2021 the Hoover Institution launched a new project: an annual survey on the state of the union. The results of that first poll were summarized by the headline '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Amid Our Divide Is Unity Possible?'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' Our conclusion then was that it wouldn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t be...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Future of the GOP: 2022, 2024 &amp; Beyond]]></title>
							<link>https://www.hoover.org/research/future-republican-party-2022-2024-and-beyond</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Douglas Rivers</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Examining the deepening impact of party identification on US elections, this essay uses data from recent surveys of American voters to compare self-identified Democrats and Republicans with the median voter on a range of issues. Taking this information, it considers the future of the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Hoover Poll: Amid Our Divides, Is Unity Attainable?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/02/01/hoover_poll_amid_our_divides_is_unity_attainable_145158.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Douglas Rivers</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Prior to the traditional Labor Day kickoff of the 2020 presidential election, we conducted the first in a planned biannual Hoover Poll using a random sampling of approximately 2,000 respondents. In addition to election-related issues, the poll explores three major themes: governmental...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Whom the Democrats Nominate in 2020 Matters -- a Lot]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/05/02/whom_the_democrats_nominate_in_2020_matters_--_a_lot_140214.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Douglas Rivers</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Conventional wisdom about presidential campaign strategy changed around the turn of the current century. Traditionally, candidates were advised to move to the center in the general election campaign after catering to the party bases in the primaries. Not anymore. George W. Bush'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Polling Swings Are Often Mirages]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/11/01/why_polling_swings_are_often_mirages_132225.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Douglas Rivers</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Recently Nate Silver asked us why our polls don'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t bounce around much. In our polling, Hillary Clinton had a small lead in September that expanded to five or six points after the first presidential debate on Sept. 26. Since then a lot has happened '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' sex tapes, charges of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Can Undecideds Help Trump Win the Election?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/08/31/can_undecideds_help_trump_win_the_election_131660.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Douglas Rivers</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Going into September, Hillary Clinton has a sizable advantage over Donald Trump: five percentage points in the RealClearPolitics'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' polling average. The Upshot, the New York Times'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' polling blog, gives Clinton a 90 percent chance of winning the presidency, while British Sky Bet...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Would It Take for GOP Voters to Dump Trump?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/07/08/what_would_it_take_for_gop_voters_to_dump_trump_131140.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Douglas Rivers</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Although some recent polls show double-digit leads for Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump, in the RealClearPolitics poll average Trump trails Clinton by about five percentage points. Curious as to what it would take for Republicans to abandon their nominee, YouGov on July 2-5 presented a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Explaining the Trump Phenomenon]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/03/12/explaining_the_trump_phenomenon__129953.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 12 Mar 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Douglas Rivers</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Americans are unhappy with various facets of current institutions and politics. Over two-thirds of us believe that the economic system favors the wealthy and that government wastes a lot of our money.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' In addition, over 60 percent believe that special interests use their money to get...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Who Are Trump's Supporters?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/09/09/who_are_trumps_supporters.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Douglas Rivers</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When Donald Trump announced he was running for president on June 16, the idea seemed faintly ridiculous. The Washington Post said that he faced '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'an uphill battle to be taken seriously by his rivals, political watchers and the media.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' The New York Times described it as an...]]></description>
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