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COVID-19 relief bill: Majority of owner-operators favor direct payment, small-biz assistance
Most owner-operators anchored behind support for working people as their top priorities for any eventual COVID relief/stimulus legislation out of Congress.
December 15, 2020
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POLL: Whatâs your view of increasing vote-by-mail/other early-vote options for the 2020 election?
With the President crying out against expanding vote-by-mail options and some states having long since proven at least its its efficacy/feasibility in past elections, whatâs your view of expansion of mail-in-voting efforts as well as potentially expanded early-vote options? Weigh in here.
August 18, 2020
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POLL: What policing reforms being proposed and in some cases adopted might best mitigate excessive-use-of-force issues?
In the wake of George Floyd's death in Minneapolis, various policing reforms have been floated. Which, if any, would best target use of force issues?
June 9, 2020
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Impeach Trump? No way, say 8 in 10 readers
In the wake of the September announcement by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that an inquiry into the possible impeachment of President Trump was under way in several House committees, just 5% of readers expressed any uncertainty about whether such an inquiry was justified.
October 25, 2019
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POLL: Whatâs your view of the trucking impact of the escalating import-tariff tit-for-tat with China?
What do you feel has been the domestic freight/trucking impact of the escalating back-and-forth of levies on import tariffs imposed by the U.S. and China on each otherâs goods? Positive? Negative? Not so simple? Weigh in here.
October 14, 2019
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POLL: Whatâs your take: should the House of Reps impeach the President?
On Tuesday, Sept. 25, the House speaker formalized several investigations of alleged executive wrongdoing under a banner of an impeachment inquiry/set of proceedings. Whatâs your take on the effort and whether reps should vote to impeach if they get to that point?
September 25, 2019
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Readers split over abortion restrictions, legality
Though evenly divided on the broad question of legality, most readers were generally nuanced in their views around the issue of statesâ abortion restrictions, some favoring restrictions after the first trimester or other time period. More than a third favored the Roe v. Wade status quo.
June 12, 2019
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POLL: As state legislatures take up various new abortion restrictions, whatâs your view?
Several states where Republicans control legislative and executive branches of government have taken up new abortion restrictions in recent times, most notably Alabama with what amounts to an outright abortion ban. Weigh in via this latest âhot buttonsâ series poll.
May 21, 2019
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3 in 4 readers want some form of âMueller reportâ released to public scrutiny
Results of polling last week and into this week show a sizable majority (74 percent) of readers want special counsel Robert Muellerâs report on 2016 foreign election interference and possible obstruction of justice released to the public in some form.
April 3, 2019
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Hot button: Should the âMueller reportâ on election interference/obstruction of justice be released?
With Attorney General William Barrâs summary of special counsel/former FBI head Robert Muellerâs report on Russian election interference out â clearing the Presidentâs campaign of any conspiracy in the foreign effort â do you feel the full report should be released?
March 27, 2019
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POLL: Where should U.S. focus be during summit with North Korea this week?
What should be principal point of emphasis during the U.S. summit with North Korea this week: Nuclear disarmament or containment, relationship-building toward the long game of the former, human rights and individual liberties in the country or other finer points? Weigh in here âŚ
February 26, 2019
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Truckers say no to partisan gerrymandering of electoral districts
A dislike of partisan gerrymandering of districts cuts across partisan divisions. 87% of Overdrive readers either noted simply that it should not be legal or that independent state commissions would be appropriate arbiters of district boundaries with a goal of taking politics out of the process.
February 11, 2019
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