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January 4, 2024

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No Top U.S. Government Official Earns Majority Job Approval
Lydia Saad, Gallup
As Congress and the Supreme Court return from holiday break, none of the leading elected or appointed figures of the U.S. federal government receives majority approval from Americans.
Dear Mr. Trump: Your backers have some ideas for a running mate. You won't like them all.
Susan Page, USA Today
In a USA TODAY/Suffolk Poll, we asked Donald Trump's supporters about his choice of a vice president this time. Spoiler alert: No one said Mike Pence.

Trump holds a big primary lead
Eli Yokley, Morning Consult
Trump leads his rivals for the Republican nomination by 55 percentage points among potential GOP primary voters. With 66% support among the Republican Party’s expected electorate, Trump’s backing is down slightly from a record-high 69% reached in late December. Haley is supported by 11% of potential primary voters, matching DeSantis’ level of backing. 
Trump 42%, Biden 41%
Cameron Easley, Morning Consult
Trump leads Biden by 1 percentage point (42% to 41%) in our latest national tracking survey. Biden trails Trump because fewer voters from his winning 2020 coalition are coalescing behind his re-election bid: 80% of Biden 2020 voters said they’d vote for him if next year’s election were today, compared with 87% of Trump 2020 voters who said they’d vote for Trump again.
The Presidential Race at the Dawn of a New Year
Kyle Kondik, Sabato's Crystal Ball
Despite bad polling and clear weaknesses for President Biden, we are sticking with our initial Electoral College ratings from the summer, which show him doing better than what polls today would indicate, even as there are enough Toss-up electoral votes to make the election anyone’s game.

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