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John Koligman

From: Ron	10/20/2025 1:47:34 PM
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Pollster Tom Jenson says recent polls are very optimistic for Democrats, and has little surprise the GOP is trying to Gerrymander itself the next election ( Public Policy Polling) It’s an over simplification but we tend to think the country is about 45% Democratic, 45% Republican, and 10% voters who are just unhappy with whoever is in charge and flip back and forth from election to election, fueling the kind of volatility we’ve seen in recent American politics. Two polls we did recently for our friends at House Majority PAC in Wisconsin’s 3rd Congressional District and Arizona’s 6th Congressional District exemplify that. We find Democratic challenger Rebecca Cooke leading Republican incumbent Derrick Van Orden 44-42 in WI-3 and Democratic challenger Joanna Mendoza leading Republican incumbent Juan Ciscomani 42-41 in AZ-6. In both cases the Republican incumbents are unpopular and the shutdown isn’t helping them. Van Orden has a 38/48 favorability rating and only 36% think he’s doing his job to end the shutdown while 45% think he isn’t. Ciscomani has a 32/49 favorability and only 29% think he’s doing his job to end the shutdown while 46% think he isn’t. And in both cases we are seeing those voters who are unhappy with everyone moving against them. We polled both these districts at this exact same time last year and in both cases correctly found the Republican leading for reelection. Van Orden was tied with independents, good enough in a district with a GOP party ID advantage. And Ciscomani led by 14 points with them. The voters who don’t like anyone leaned Republican last year with a Democrat in the White House. It’s a different story now. Van Orden trails Cooke by 9 with independents. And Ciscomani trails Mendoza by 3, a 17 point shift. Democrats are also more unified around their candidate than Republicans are in both districts. That dynamic has Democrats fueled for big gains over at least the next two and perhaps the next four years.

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