{"id":1096252,"date":"2021-12-07T20:58:46","date_gmt":"2021-12-08T01:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1096252"},"modified":"2021-12-07T20:58:50","modified_gmt":"2021-12-08T01:58:50","slug":"poll-trump-backed-candidates-kent-hageman-leading-in-gop-primaries-ahead-of-midterms-impeachment-voters-underwater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-trump-backed-candidates-kent-hageman-leading-in-gop-primaries-ahead-of-midterms-impeachment-voters-underwater\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll: Trump-Backed Candidates Kent, Hageman Leading in GOP Primaries Ahead of Midterms; Impeachment Voters Underwater"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpoll-trump-backed-candidates-kent-hageman-leading-in-gop-primaries-ahead-of-midterms-impeachment-voters-underwater%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1096252&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Four candidates who have been endorsed by former President Donald Trump or who are vocal Trump supporters are leading in their primary races ahead of the 2022 midterms, according to a recent poll conducted by a GOP consulting firm.<\/p>\n<p>The poll,&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.socostrat.com\/post\/donald-trump-endorsement-republican-primary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">taken<\/a>&nbsp;by the Nevada-based SoCo Strategies consultant group, surveyed 2,500 likely Republican voters across five congressional districts \u2014 Wyoming\u2019s at-large district, Washington\u2019s Third District, Georgia\u2019s Tenth District, Florida\u2019s Seventh District, and South Carolina\u2019s Seventh District \u2014 as a means of measuring Trump\u2019s post-White House political influence.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>According to the poll, Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY), the face of the ten Republican defectors who voted to impeach Trump over the January 6 Capitol riot, is trailing the Trump-backed candidate, attorney Harriet Hageman, by double digits in Wyoming.<\/p>\n<p>The poll shows Hageman well ahead of Cheney, 38.6 percent to 18.8 percent, providing one of the first glimpses into whether voters intend to hold Cheney accountable for bucking the Republican Party and voting for Trump\u2019s impeachment. 26.6 percent of respondents said they remain undecided.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17784258\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"37\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Liz-Cheney-House-Committee-hearing-getty.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17784258\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Liz-Cheney-House-Committee-hearing-getty.jpg\" alt=\"U.S. Representative Liz Cheney, R-WY, delivers an opening statement during the opening hearing of the House Select Committee investigating the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol on July 27, 2021 at the Cannon House Office Building in Washington, DC. Members of law enforcement testified about the attack by supporters of former President Donald Trump on the U.S. Capitol. According to authorities, about 140 police officers were injured when they were trampled, had objects thrown at them, and sprayed with chemical irritants during the insurrection. (Photo by Oliver Contreras-Pool\/Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rep. Liz Cheney delivers an opening statement during the opening hearing of the House Select Committee investigating the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol on July 27, 2021, in Washington, DC. (Oliver Contreras-Pool\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Unseating Cheney would serve as a referendum on her Never Trump positions after the Cowboy State voted three times for the congresswoman before her tumultuous year in 2021 as an outlier. Hageman is running, in part, to replace Cheney after she \u201ccast her lot with the Washington, D.C. elites and those who use their power to further their own agenda at our expense,\u201d according to Hageman\u2019s campaign&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hagemanforwyoming.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_17861698\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"35\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Harriet-Hageman-speaks-ap.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17861698\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Harriet-Hageman-speaks-ap.jpg\" alt=\"Wyoming Republican gubernatorial candidate Harriet Hageman addresses a meeting of the Wyoming Business Alliance in Casper, Wyo., on Wednesday, May 16, 2018. Hageman was among five Republican and one Democratic candidates for governor asked by the group how they would help Wyoming&#039;s economy. (AP Photo\/Mead Gruver)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wyoming Republican Harriet Hageman addresses a meeting of the Wyoming Business Alliance in Casper, May 16, 2018. (AP Photo\/Mead Gruver)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In Washington, Green beret veteran Joe Kent, who was&nbsp;<a title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/09\/01\/trump-green-beret-veteran-gold-star-joe-kent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">endorsed<\/a>&nbsp;by Trump in September, is leading Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA) by close to 12 points, 41 percent to 29.2 percent. Beutler, who also voted to impeach Trump, is seeking reelection in a district that voted close to four points in favor of Trump in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The poll also explored the open Republican primaries in Georgia and Florida, which take place next May and August, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>In Georgia, Mike Collins, a small-business owner and&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/m.facebook.com\/MikeCollinsGA10\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">self-described<\/a>&nbsp;\u201cpro-Trump, America first, conservative fighter, outsider,\u201d is leading the way in a crowded field of contenders hoping to replace Rep. Jody Hice (R-GA), who is angling to unseat the unpopular Georgia secretary of state, Brad Raffensperger (R). The poll showed Collins with 25.6 percent, followed by former Rep. Paul Broun (R-GA) with 10.4 percent and state Rep. Tim Barr (R-Lawrenceville) with 8.1 percent. A plurality, or 44.5 percent, remain undecided in that race.<\/p>\n<p>In Florida, state Rep. Anthony Sabatini (R-Howey-in-the-Hills) has a commanding lead at 12.6 percent, higher than the combined total of the rest of the field. The poll showed a whopping 76.2 percent remained undecided but also showed Sabatini, an America First advocate and vocal Trump supporter, ahead of his closest challenger by more than 30 points when factoring in undecideds.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.9201680672269\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Great meeting with my all-time favorite President today at Mar-a-Lago! I will always fight for President Trump and the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AmericaFirst?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AmericaFirst<\/a> Agenda. \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oM1oHyjbGz\">pic.twitter.com\/oM1oHyjbGz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Anthony Sabatini (@AnthonySabatini) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AnthonySabatini\/status\/1455662542538395652?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 2, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Lastly, the poll showed incumbent Rep. Tom Rice (R-SC) is underwater in his bid for reelection. Rice, who, like Cheney and Beutler, voted in favor of impeaching Trump this year, is polling neck and neck with Army veteran Graham Allen, 19.2 percent to 18.5 percent, with 40 percent remaining undecided. When factoring undecided respondents, the two continued to poll closely together at 31. 7 percent for Rice and 29. 7 percent for Allen.<\/p>\n<p>The poll was conducted November 28 through December 1 via landline and cell phone and had a margin of error of 4.5 percent. View more on the poll\u2019s methodology and results&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pollingprofessor.com\/post\/the-trump-effect-2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Write to Ashley Oliver at <a href=\"mailto:aoliver@breitbart.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">aoliver@breitbart.com<\/a>. Follow her on Twitter at <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/asholiver\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@asholiver<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four candidates who have been endorsed by former President Donald Trump or who are vocal Trump supporters are leading in their primary races ahead of the 2022 midterms, according to &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1096252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1096252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1096252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1096252\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1096252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1096252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1096252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}