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Poll: Jeff Flake Trailing GOP Primary Challenger By 14 Points
Hidden Americans ^ | 08/25/2017 | Richard Saunders

Posted on 08/25/2017 10:43:43 AM PDT by nodwam

The news just keeps getting worse for Jeff 'The Flake' as a new poll shows him trailing Kelli Ward by 14 points. Flake, who voted for Evan McMullin in the 2016 election, only accomplishment as a senator was to push for amnesty as a member of the 'gang of eight'.

Flake has spent the last couple of months trying to sell his new book by going on liberal networks to bash the president.

Flake siding with Hillary Clinton, Obama, and the democrats on gun control, open borders, on the supreme court, and on unbridled free trade has shown Arizona republicans that The Flake doesn't have their back.

From AzHighGround:

    Q. If the primary election for United States Senate were held today, would you vote for [Rotate] Jeff Flake or Kelli Ward?

    28.2% Jeff Flake 42.5% Kelli Ward 5.1% Some other candidate 24.2% Don’t know, Refused

On Tuesday, President Trump called out Flake at his rally saying Flake is "weak on borders, weak on crime.”

Trump also calls out Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake, but doesn’t use his name: He's "weak on borders, weak on crime” https://t.co/OMOaooCUtl — Anderson Cooper 360° (@AC360) August 23, 2017

A statewide survey conducted by Az High Ground shows Flake fourteen points behind his primary opponent Doctor Kelli Ward and eight points behind potential general election opponent Kyrsten Sinema.

From AzHighGround:

    Q. If the General Election for United States Senate were held today, would you vote for [Rotate] Jeff Flake or Kyrsten Sinema?

    32.5% Jeff Flake 40.5% Kyrsten Sinema 27.0% Don’t know, Refused

    The Republican Primary Election sample was of 273 high efficacy Republican and PND/Independent voters and has a margin of error of ±5.93%. The General Election sample of 400 high efficacy general election voters has a margin of error of ±4.88%.

    “While Election Day may still be more than a year away, Senator Jeff Flake’s campaign has a lot of work to do to persuade Republican primary voters that his form of principled Republican conservatism can trump the nativist populism that is fueling Republican voters’ antipathy towards Washington insiders. These same Republicans still give the President a 74% approval rating in Arizona,” said Chuck Coughlin, President & CEO of HighGround Public Affairs, which conducted the poll.

NBC’s Steve Kornacki details how Arizona Senator Jeff Flake’s reelection chances fare when considering his recent feuding with President Trump and tough primary challenger Kelli Ward.


TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: arizona; flake; trump; ward
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1 posted on 08/25/2017 10:43:44 AM PDT by nodwam
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To: nodwam

The GOP John Kerry.


2 posted on 08/25/2017 10:45:02 AM PDT by headstamp 2 (Ignorance is reparable, stupid is forever)
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3 posted on 08/25/2017 10:45:06 AM PDT by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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To: nodwam

Trump needs to name Neo-Nazis, Anti-Fascists, and the Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist groups.

Then see which of the three groups the Liberal Left will condemn. I bet it will be the Anti-Fascists and the Muslim Brotherhood.


4 posted on 08/25/2017 10:47:15 AM PDT by Yulee (Village of Albion)
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To: nodwam; LS

How reliable is the poll?


5 posted on 08/25/2017 10:48:58 AM PDT by hoosiermama (When you open your heart to patriotism, there is no room for prejudice.DJT)
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To: nodwam

Can Ward beat Sinema?


6 posted on 08/25/2017 10:49:04 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: hoosiermama

It’s almost certainly too high for Flake-—but I’ve told the Ward campaign to completely ignore this, and any other poll showing her up.

The media will ONLY tout polls showing her support falling, so forget polls entirely.

I think she can beat him like a drum, but must work like she’s behind.


7 posted on 08/25/2017 10:50:50 AM PDT by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
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8 posted on 08/25/2017 10:53:16 AM PDT by doug from upland (Mayflower Hotel --- hotel of choice for Dem officials and their hookers)
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32.5% Jeff Flake 40.5% Kyrsten Sinema 27.0%

How does Ward stand up vs the D?

9 posted on 08/25/2017 10:53:45 AM PDT by ScottinVA ( Liberals, go find another country.)
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To: LS

Good philosophy! Hope she wins!


10 posted on 08/25/2017 10:55:13 AM PDT by hoosiermama (When you open your heart to patriotism, there is no room for prejudice.DJT)
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To: nodwam

Time to make an example out of him. Kind of like the Texas Ranger quelling a riot- just shoot the first one, the rest chill out.


11 posted on 08/25/2017 10:55:24 AM PDT by RedStateRocker (Nuke Mecca, deport all illegal aliens, abolish the IRS, DEA and ATF.)
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To: ScottinVA

32.5% Jeff Flake 40.5% Kyrsten Sinema 27.0%

And here’s is how Flake wins. The GOPe knows it and it is what they will do. Split the vote keep the RINO how many times do we let this happen?


12 posted on 08/25/2017 11:00:02 AM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: nodwam

as a Zoni we got Kelli to 40% against the McCain RINO, if we all just hang in there she will bury the Flake RINO to where she is wins in the primary.


13 posted on 08/25/2017 11:00:24 AM PDT by Joe Miner
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To: nodwam

The Amnesty Senators MUST GO!

Corker, Hatch, Heller and Flake in 2018

Graham and Alexander in 2020

Murkowsky, Hoeven and Rubio in 2022

Remove them from office before they give away our country.


14 posted on 08/25/2017 11:01:35 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: nodwam

the russians are coming through once again...

xorocho

oychen xorocho


15 posted on 08/25/2017 11:03:06 AM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world.)
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To: gibsonguy

This is why we have trump now. No idea why he is playing nice with the very swamp he claimed he wanted to get rid of


16 posted on 08/25/2017 11:06:31 AM PDT by Blue Highway
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To: nodwam

The aptly named senator flake will lose- killed by self inflected wounds.


17 posted on 08/25/2017 11:08:50 AM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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To: ScottinVA
How does Ward stand up vs the D?

That should not matter. When you vote in the primaries you vote for policy and ideology. It takes discipline to do that.

18 posted on 08/25/2017 11:12:26 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: LS

What makes this fun is The Turtle spending his globalist handlers million$, sending it off to AZ to lose on Flake, but succeeding only in helping the state’s economy.

McConnell moving in on AZ makes a GREAT foil for Ward, as well.

She could be pretty goofy and still ride the Rage Rails out there against these UniParty traitors and all the way for the WIN.


19 posted on 08/25/2017 11:13:53 AM PDT by RitaOK (Viva Christo Rey! Public Education/Academia are the farm team for more Marxists coming... infinitum.)
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To: SoFloFreeper
Can Ward beat Sinema?

When I lived in AZ, Sinema was a real piece of work. She talks a good game but underneath a rabid Dem. If I recall, she claims to be bi, so she will get that group. Also, she has a very annoying voice.

20 posted on 08/25/2017 11:35:55 AM PDT by SMM48
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