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Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for March 7, 2018
The Number of the Day columns published on Ballotpedia reflect the views of the author.
March 7, 2018: Seventeen (17) Republican senators elected in 2016 won a larger share of the vote in their state than President Donald Trump. An analysis by Larry J. Sabato’s Crystal Ball found that Trump outperformed just five victorious GOP senators.[1]
The story was the same in House races, where the president did better than just 24 out of 241 victorious GOP candidates. Rhodes Cook, senior columnist for Sabato’s Crystal Ball, noted that our current president “had among the shortest coattails of any presidential winner going back to Dwight Eisenhower.”
The state-by-state totals are summarized below. For a more complete analysis, visit Larry J. Sabato’s Crystal Ball.
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- March 6, 2018 – 10 U.S. cities with high-paying jobs and low cost of living
- March 5, 2018 – 5.7 million metric tons of U.S. steel imported from Canada
- March 2, 2018 – 66 percent of gun owners favor allowing teachers to carry guns
- March 1, 2018 – 67 percent of gun owners value gun for protection
- February 28, 2018 – 42 percent of Americans live in gun-owning household
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