POLL RESULTS: Congressional Bipartisanship Nationwide and in Battleground States

1 Voters think Congress is dysfunctional and reject the suggestion that it is effective.

Please indicate whether you think this word or phrase describes the United States Congress, or not. Nationwide Battleground Nationwide Independents Battleground Independents Dysfunctional 60 60 61 64

Broken 56 58 58 60

Ineffective 54 54 55 56

Gridlocked 50 48 52 50

Partisan 42 37 40 33

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Bipartisan 7 8 7 8 Has America's best 3 2 3 interests at heart 3 Functioning 2 2 2 3

Effective 2 2 2 3

2 Political frustrations center around politicians’ inability to collaborate in a productive way.

Which of these problems frustrates you the most? Nationwide Battleground Nationwide Independents Battleground Independents

Politicians can’t work together to get things done anymore. 41 37 41 39

Career politicians have been in office too long and don’t 29 30 30 30 understand the needs of regular people. Politicians are politicizing issues that really shouldn’t be 14 13 12 14 politicized.

Out political system is broken and doesn’t work for me. 12 15 12 12

3 Candidates who brand themselves as bipartisan will have a better chance of winning in upcoming elections. For which candidate for Congress would you be more likely to vote?

A candidate who is willing to compromise to A candidate who will stay true to his/her get things done principles and not make any concessions NationwideNationwide 72 28 Nationwide Nationwide Independents Independents 74 26 BattlegroundBattleground 70 30 Battleground Battleground IndependentsIndependents 73 27 A candidate who will vote for bipartisan A candidate who will resist bipartisan legislation legislation and stick with his/her party NationwideNationwide 83 17

Nationwide IndependentsNationwide Independents 86 14 BattlegroundBattleground 82 18

Battleground BattlegroundIndependents Independents 88 12

4 Across the country, voters agree that they want members of Congress to work together. I want members of Congress to work together.

Strongly Agree Somewhat Agree NET AGREE NationwideNationwide 78 18 96 Nationwide Nationwide Independents Independents 79 14 93 BattlegroundBattleground 77 19 96 Battleground 93 Battleground IndependentsIndependents 79 14 My member of Congress should work in a bipartisan fashion with other members of Congress. Strongly Agree Somewhat Agree NET AGREE NationwideNationwide 45 41 85 Nationwide Nationwide Independents 45 36 Independents 81 BattlegroundBattleground 46 42 88 Battleground Battleground Independents 49 37 Independents 87

5 Their constituents believe that members of Congress should work to find compromise on the big issues. In dealing with legislation on each of these issues, which comes closer to your view?

Members of Congress should stick to their principles Members of Congress should work to find and not compromise with members of the other party. compromise with members of the other party.

Building/Improving Roads and Bridges

Health Care Tax Reform Education Policy and School Choice Minimum Wage

Immigration Policy KEY Nationwide Privacy Nationwide Independents Gun Control/ Battleground 2nd Amendment Issues Battleground Open Internet/Net Neutrality Independents

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 % close to view 6 Congressional leaders of both parties have negative favorability ratings.

Party Leadership Favorability %Favorable/%Unfavorable

Nationwide Battleground Nationwide Battleground Independents Independents

Nancy Pelosi 28/54 15/59 27/54 16/58

Paul Ryan 28/54 24/48 28/55 23/50

Chuck Schumer 24/37 15/38 23/36 13/41

Mitch McConnell 13/55 9/49 11/56 9/52

7 Methodology

Voters

Global Strategy Group conducted an online survey of 3,666 interviews among registered voters, including 2,039 nationwide and 2,346 among registered voters in battleground states between October 3 and 11, 2017. Battleground states consisted of Florida, New Hampshire, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri, Colorado, Arizona, Nevada, North Dakota, and Montana. Voters considered to be independent were those who identified as independent and did not lean toward either party or indicated that they had split their tickets between Democratic and Republican candidates in recent national, statewide, and local elections.

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