On the eve of a Presidential visit in August of 2017, HighGround commissioned a poll that showed President’s Trump approval rating in Arizona at 41.8%, and his Republican support at 74% and I wrote the following observation (see the post here): “If the President and the GOP fail to expand public support beyond the GOP…

Hobbs and Hoffman lead GOP opponents each by 1 point; Brnovich leads by 8 points PHOENIX (October 30, 2018) – In the same survey that showed Governor Ducey with a commanding 19-point lead and McSally a single point ahead, other Republican candidates on the statewide ticket face a mixed bag of survey results.  Attorney General…

McSally ahead by 1-point while Ducey cruising by 19 points in HighGround’s latest statewide survey  PHOENIX (October 29, 2018) – With only a few days left until the recommended deadline to mail in ballots, the top two candidates in the race for the United States Senate are locked in a dead heat with only one…

From the Arizona Republic By:  Paul Bentz, Senior Vice President – Research & Strategy The August 2018 Primary Election had “record” turnout and the “blue wave” is real.  Both of these statements are true, but to borrow a famous line from Inigo Montoya in The Princess Bride, “I do not think it means what you…

Hon. John S. McCain By:  J. Charles Coughlin My father was born in Boston and attended Dartmouth and Michigan law after World War II. He was a corporate labor lawyer in Detroit, Michigan from the late 1950’s until his retirement in the late 1990’s.  Our nightly dinner table conversation would fairly regularly focus on some…