{"id":2354644,"date":"2024-10-14T12:48:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-14T16:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-internal-polling-shows-offensive-targets-just-out-of-reach-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-14T12:48:59","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T16:48:59","slug":"gop-internal-polling-shows-offensive-targets-just-out-of-reach-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-internal-polling-shows-offensive-targets-just-out-of-reach-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP internal polling shows offensive targets just out of reach &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Fgop-internal-polling-shows-offensive-targets-just-out-of-reach-washington-examiner%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=2354644&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>Recent internal polling for the GOP indicates that many candidates are trailing \u2063their Democratic opponents in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/huge-sidney-powell-witness-whom-ny-times-described-as-always-the-smartest-person-in-the-room-concludes-hundreds-of-thousands-of-votes-transferred-from-trump-to-biden-in-all-battleground-states\/\" title=\"HUGE! Sidney Powell Witness Whom NY Times Described as &quot;Always the Smartest Person in the Room&quot; Concludes Hundreds of Thousands of Votes Transferred from Trump to Biden IN ALL BATTLEGROUND STATES\">key <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/update-corrupted-software-that-stole-6000-votes-from-trump-in-michigan-county-shut-down-for-two-hours-in-red-counties-in-georgia-on-election-day\/\" title=\"Update: Corrupted Software that Stole 6,000 Votes From Trump in Michigan County -- Shut Down for TWO HOURS in Red Counties in Georgia on Election Day\">battleground states<\/a><\/a>. According to an October poll \u200bconducted by \u200cthe Senate Leadership Fund Super PAC, nearly all Republican candidates are\u200b currently \u2062behind, \u2062a situation\u200d attributed in\u2064 part to a\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-leadership-fund-announces-28-million-ad-buy-for-jd-vance-in-ohio\/\" title=\"Senate Leadership Fund Announces  Million Ad Buy for JD Vance in Ohio\">significant fundraising advantage<\/a> \u200bfor Democrats. The\u200b memo from SLF President Steven Law emphasizes\u200b the need for the Republican Party to enhance\u2062 their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/asians-are-victims-of-white-supremacy-narrative-comes-from-activists-pushing-policies-rejected-by-many-asians\/\" title=\"\u2018Asians Are Victims Of White Supremacy\u2019 Narrative Comes From Activists Pushing Policies Rejected By Many Asians\">media outreach<\/a> and strategically expand their \u2064presence in the final \u2063weeks of the campaign. Several competitive races,\u200d including those in Maryland and Michigan, \u200bare slipping \u200baway from GOP \u200bcontrol, and\u2062 current polling shows Ohio \u2062Senator Sherrod Brown maintaining a strong lead. Additionally, a notable \u200dshift\u2062 occurred in Maryland&#8217;s gubernatorial race, where\u200d former Governor Larry \u200dHogan \u200binitially\u200b led\u2064 by eight points but has since fallen behind Democrat Angela Alsobrooks by seven points.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">GOP internal polling shows offensive targets just out of reach<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1802898\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republican-party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Republican\">Republican<\/a> internal polling showed most of the party&rsquo;s candidates trailing their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democratic-party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Democratic\">Democratic<\/a> opponents in battleground states.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>October polling from the Senate Leadership Fund Super PAC, <a href=\"https:\/\/static.politico.com\/79\/e9\/eaf701084e77be9afaa85356e3b8\/slf-october-memo.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"obtained by\">obtained by<\/a> <em>Politico<\/em>, found that all but one Republican candidate in battleground states was polling behind Trump, partially due to Democrats&rsquo; large fundraising advantage.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We still have a lot of work to do to maximize our gains in this critical Senate election,&rdquo; SLF President Steven Law said in the memo. &ldquo;We need to add media markets and expand into the final week in all our target states. We also have to guard our flanks.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Seat flips that could have happened in Maryland and Michigan were found to be slipping away, while Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) retained a significant lead in his race.<\/p>\n<p>Former Gov. Larry Hogan (R-MD) led Democrat Angela Alsobrooks by eight points in early September before suddenly plummeting to seven points behind in mid-September. October cemented this gap.<\/p>\n<p>Michigan brought even worse news. Republican Mike Rogers led by one point in August, then trailed Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) by two points throughout September. In the October poll, Slotkin skyrocketed to eight points ahead.<\/p>\n<p>In Nevada, Republican Sam Brown is seven points behind Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV). In Arizona, Republican Kari Lake is five points behind Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ).<\/p>\n<p>Texas and Nebraska were also found to be vulnerable.<\/p>\n<p>Longtime Sen. Ted Cruz&rsquo;s (R-TX) race is too close for comfort, with Democrat Colin Allred trailing him by a single point. Allred gained three points since a mid-September poll, while Cruz gained a single point.<\/p>\n<p>However, not all news was bad. Races in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania improved, and Republicans are significantly ahead in Democratic-held seats in Montana and West Virginia.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In Pennsylvania, Republican David McCormick has steadily improved his position since August, boosting his standing to now just two points behind Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA).<\/p>\n<p>In Wisconsin, Republican Eric Hovde jumped to just one point behind Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1802898\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1802898\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GOP polling reveals candidates lagging behind Democrats in key states<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2354645,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/fiscal-commission-social-security.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[6203,42975,42976,5894,32076],"class_list":["post-2354644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-gop","tag-internal-polling","tag-offensive-targets","tag-politics","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/fiscal-commission-social-security.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2354644","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\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2354644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2354644\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2354645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2354644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2354644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2354644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}