Partners at purple strategies. We look at the seven Southern States that vote on the republican side in the president ial race on march 1. We survey populations of likely primary voters from those states. Heres what we found. With 37 , a whopping 17 points ahead of ted cruz and marco rubio who are tied at 20 . John kasey kahne ben carson are in the single digits. What stands out to you most about the poll . At theonald trumps king south. Hes strong not just in the horse race, but the voters dont consider him the most conservative and yet they still give him the lead. Attempts to paint him as less conservative will not have an effect on his standing. He beat the individual candidates headtohead. That undermines the argument, donald trump over ted cruz. , 4844. Io john if you look at this poll, and its hard to poll a whole bunch of states together. Its a very complicated business with all the Southern States. Its true what you said, its not just that he is ahead by so much, its the ways
Countries, particularly in the african context in promoting democracy within a country like zimbabwe . Thank you. Sarah, do you want to tackle that . No . I can say a word. Maybe others will have something to say, too. One of the things i take from th tsvetas comments neighbors countries have a lot to offer, but they dont seize the opportunity. Knowing about this specific case, its the same for neighboring states to not take opportunity to play a constructive role with better insight, perhaps, into local and political dynamics. And one way to assume a lot of economic and other forms of leverage. So i would i think, again, im not the original expert, but what ive seen is that original actors have a very Important Role to play. And sometimes, it takes encouragement to realize that potential. Sometimes, that encouragement is by the people in the recipient country that are striving for democracy. Acting both solo activists, as well as politicians, particularly asking them to articulate the
Threatening to cause the collapse of our country. President obama and senator shaheen seem confused about the nature of the threat. Not me. I want to secure the border, keep out the people who would do us harm and restore americas leadership in the world. Im scott brown and i approve this message. Because protecting the homeland is the first step to making america strong again. They dont call us the Granite State for nothing. Were tough here. I never back down for a fight for the people of new hampshire. I dont work for the Big Oil Companies or the big banks. I work for you. Shaving jobs at the shipyard, allowing people to compete. Allows families to refinance loans and veterans close to home. Getting the job done for new hampshire. Im jeanne shaheen. I approve this message. I diplomat just move here. Ive been here fighting for you. Id be honored to have your vote. Recent polls list this race as a tossup. Can you watch the most recent debate between senator shaheen and scott brown any
So transportation ballot measures were a mixed bag. Like youre talking about earlier, the federal gas tax has not been raised in about 20 years. Most states have raised theirs in about 20 years, and states are constantly worried about finding money for infrastructure to pay for road repair and bridge repair. It is an issue that voters really care about. There was good news on tuesday in texas, wisconsin and maryland. Voters approved measures either to increase or protect transportation funding. In texas they are not going to put a part of the revenues from oil and gas taxes toward paying for transportation. Texas particularly as big traffic problems there. Never brought on by the oil boom and all the workers that came there. So its a big issue that voters care about there. And in both wisconsin and maryland they voted to basically lock up their transportation funds so they can no longer be used for general purposes which is something that often happened in the past and he pleaded their
We cant hear you. Here it comes. Yeah, for each question identify the organization. Hello. Identify yourself and your position. Im a humble tax reporter and analyst. There three of us. Im not an expert about Social Security, but my understanding is that surpluses of the program for a given year invest in a trust fund and treasury bonds. They have a low yield. There was a plan to privatize Social Security. It would seem to me that having a slightly more normal its endless. For example, raisings and eliminating the tax cap. We had to pick and choose which to include. Especially in the trade off, we collected only 12 of what is commonly proposed for Social Security. So we did not test the options that would invest the money differently. That would be a great question to ask. Yes . A microphone over here. Im hannah weinberger. I have a methodology question. How did you get people to Pay Attention to these Detailed Survey questions that i was looking in the report and it looks like it took