Somebody please come to the rescue. We’ll try anything at this point. In the meantime, tweet us @ksoltisanderson @margieomero @thepollsters.

Poll of the week: Alabama pollsters take a bow:

Polling average comes pretty close:

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/what-to-watch-for-in-tonights-alabama-senate-primaries/

Trump-losion

Status unchanged. That doesn’t mean it’s good:

http://elections.huffingtonpost.com/pollster/trump-job-approval

HuffPo on Charlottesville

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/americans-trump-white-nationalism-poll_us_59941e9ee4b04b193361c305

http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/tabsHPCharlottesville20170814.pdf

CBS has a poll on Charlottesville

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/americans-divided-over-trumps-response-to-charlottesville-cbs-news-poll/

NPR/Newshour/Marist also has a poll:

http://maristpoll.marist.edu/wp-content/misc/usapolls/us170814_PBS/NPR_PBS%20NewsHour_Marist%20Poll_National%20Nature%20of%20the%20Sample%20and%20Tables_August%2017,%202017.pdf#page=3

Kristen wrote a thing on Trump’s hardcore base.

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/data-show-that-trumps-real-base-is-24-percent-of-the-electorate/article/2631618

Margie wrote a thing on racism in focus groups.

http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/national-party-news/346653-a-view-from-a-pollster-on-trump-and-race-animus

Rasmussen has asked about confederate monuments,

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/may_2017/voters_oppose_removing_confederate_monuments

LSU asked it too

http://pprllsu.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Louisiana-Survey-2016-Report-Seven-FINALv2.pdf

Everything is fine, says Gallup (not really)

http://www.gallup.com/poll/216260/trump-scores-highest-strong-leader-less.aspx?g_source=Politics&g_medium=newsfeed&g_campaign=tiles

You’re Mitching the point

Not here to make friends:

http://www.politico.com/f/?id=0000015d-e70e-d965-a55d-efeee5330001

http://www.politico.com/f/?id=0000015d-e70d-d36c-a17f-e7ddb75c0000

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/16/trump-mcconnell-republicans-241670

Gallup gets in on the act

http://www.gallup.com/poll/215885/mitch-mcconnell-favorables-down-among-republicans.aspx?g_source=Politics&g_medium=newsfeed&g_campaign=tiles

The Mav is back

http://www.gallup.com/poll/215897/mccain-favorability-healthcare-vote.aspx?g_source=Politics&g_medium=newsfeed&g_campaign=tiles

2020 can’t come soon enough…

Gallup on Elizabeth Warren

http://www.gallup.com/poll/216158/warren-image-remains-split-she-becomes-better-known.aspx?g_source=Politics&g_medium=newsfeed&g_campaign=tiles

Coffee: we’re going to need it.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2017/08/11/the-countries-that-love-grabbing-coffee-to-go-infographic/#5397b4d32674