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Poll Suggests ‘The Squad’ Is Not a Liability for Democrats

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Last month, an anonymous pollster leaked polling saying that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was a vulnerability in swing districts. A new Data for Progress/YouGov Blue poll in 42 battleground congressional districts finds Ocasio-Cortez polls roughly as favorably on net as Joe Biden, and more favorably on net than President Trump and Democratic leadership.

In addition, each member of “the Squad” — Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ayanna Pressley, Ilhan Omar, and Rashida Tlaib — has a higher net favorability than President Trump, Sen. Mitch McConnell, and the Republican Party in these battleground districts.

The survey also shows that Sen. Elizabeth Warren had the highest net favorable ratings among the 2020 presidential candidates tested.

A separate Civiqs poll confirmed Warren has the highest favorable rating of any Democrat in the battleground districts. It also found Biden and Ocasio-Cortez have essentially the same favorability in these swing districts.

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goddard-bw-snapshotTaegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.

Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.

Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.

Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.

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