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'Trouble for the GOP' as 'key part of Trump's base appears to be cooling on him': analyst
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) speaks to the media outside of his office on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 16, 2026. REUTERS/Aaron Schwartz
Rural America Wasn’t Betrayed by Abstraction. It Was Hit by Policy.
The Warning Inside the Poll
An Associated Press-KFF poll of more than 2,000 rural voters, conducted over two weeks beginning in mid-August, found that only about 4 in 10 approved of President Donald Trump’s handling of the economy. Roughly half said the economy was worse than when Trump returned to office, while groceries, gasoline, and healthcare ranked among…
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