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Hillary Clinton picked as most-admired woman for 20th time

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Hillary Clinton is the most-admired woman in the world for the 20th time, according to a recent Gallup poll. Clinton was mentioned as the most-admired woman by 13 percent of respondents. The figure may seem low, but Clinton’s closest rival was Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teen world renowned for her advocacy for childhood education. Yousafzai is also the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. She earned just 5 percent of mentions in the Gallup poll. Talk show star Oprah…

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Mitch Perry Report for 8.19.15 — Fun with Donald Trump’s immigration plans

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All summer, we’ve heard blowhards like Joe Scarborough inform the supposedly stuffy talking heads that they just don’t get it about the phenomenon that is Donald Trump. He likes to remind viewers that his brother, an alleged sophisticated Republican voter, really loves the Donald, and thus that explains why roughly 25 percent of Republican voters say they like him too in most polls. And he says that the message is a potent one. Yes, perhaps to as much as a…

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New poll finds shrinking majority (slightly) who are ‘extremely proud’ to be American

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As the nation celebrates Independence Day, a new survey finds most U.S. citizens are extremely proud to be American – but not quite as much as they were 15 years ago. in a survey taken June 2-7, pollsters at Gallup discovered a slight majority, 54 percent, are “extremely proud.” However, that number is slightly lower than in the past, down from a peak of 70 percent between 2002 and 2004, a time when the country was reeling from the terrorist attacks of September,…

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Mitch Perry Report for 5.27.15 — Immigration and the GOP

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If you’ve paid close attention to the content of much of the GOP presidential candidates’ (and soon-to-be candidates’) rhetoric this year, you hear a whole lot of Barack Obama bashing — mostly about his foreign policy moves, which they all say have made the world a more dangerous place. On immigration, they all read from the same script as well.  The first words from nearly all of them is “border security.” Even Jeb Bush and Lindsey Graham, who are notably…

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Ever since I acquired the rights to the perfect domain for my efforts — FloridaPolitics.com — I knew that one

Mitch Perry Report for 4.27.15 — Bruce Jenner’s journey

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A really unusual thing happened this weekend — ABC’s much hyped interview with Bruce Jenner wasn’t terrible. If fact, it was riveting, as the former Olympic hero acknowledged what has hardly been a secret over the past year or so –- he’s transitioning to becoming a female. “My whole life has prepared me for this moment,” Jenner said, adding that he was apprehensive to come out because he didn’t want to “disappoint” people. It was extraordinary, non-exploitive television, as Jenner…

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Gallup: Favorability for both major political parties continues to dip

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For the first time since they began tracking political party favorability, a Gallup Poll shows fewer than 40 percent of voters view either party favorably. That means more than 60 percent view the parties as unfavorable. It’s just a touch worse for Republicans. Only 37 percent of people polled view them as favorable. Two percent more view Democrats as favorable. Despite the slight advantage in numbers for Democrats, the poll doesn’t show much good for either party. Democrats are lingering at…

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Fresh Gallup poll — Hillary Clinton: Best known, and still best liked

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According to a new poll (taken just as the controversy about her private email account was breaking), Hillary Clinton remains one of the few 2016 presidential candidates to have a significantly higher favorable (50 percent) than unfavorable (39 percent) rating among the American public. And 89 percent have enough knowledge of her to form an opinion, by far the most of any person who is contemplating a run for the White House next year. However, it should be noted that…

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