Year: 2017

Fewer than a Third of Voters Back Trump’s Tax Plan

Buck Banks

28%

Reuters/IPSOS: Of those adults who said they had heard of the “tax reform plan recently proposed by congressional Republicans,” just 28 percent said they support it, while 41 percent said they oppose it and another 31 percent said they do not know. The poll found opinions on Trump’s plan were sharply divided along party lines, with 56 percent of Republicans and just 9 percent of Democrats supporting it.

Looks Likely N.J. Will Have a Democratic Governor

Buck Banks

57% to 37%

A new Quinnipiac poll in New Jersey finds Phil Murphy (D) with a huge lead over Kim Guadagno (R) in the race for governor, 57% to 37%. Pollster Peter Brown: “Politics is a team game. Guadagno’s GOP teammates — President Trump, with a 33% job approval rating, and Gov. Chris Christie, with his 15% approval rating — are clearly pulling her down.”

Corker: Trump’s Behavior Appears to Be ‘Devolving’

Buck Banks

“I’ve seen no evolution in an upward way. As a matter of fact, I would say, it appears to me it’s almost devolving. … You would think he would aspire to be the president of the United States and act like a president of the United States. But, you know, that’s just not going to be the case apparently.”

— Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) saying that he does not believe President Trump’s behavior has improved since he took office in January, The Hill reports.