Welcome to The Lid, your afternoon dose of the 2016 ethos… Hillary Clinton on Monday boldly announced her opposition to Pumpkin Spice Lattes. Clinton’s risky political move could also prompt pushback from affiliated special interest groups, such as voters who, like, loooooooove fall and cozy sweaters.
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After months of controversy in the wake of a series of sting videos about its operations, Planned Parenthood is -- as popular as ever. Yep, you read that right: In fact, Planned Parenthood is the most popular entity in our brand new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, registering a positive rating of 47 percent compared to a negative rating of 31 percent. That’s virtually unchanged from the last time our pollsters asked about the group in July, even though a majority (65 percent) of Americans now say that they have heard about the videos, which pictured Planned Parenthood employees discussing the use of tissue from aborted fetuses.
Here’s the list of individuals and organizations polled, by popularity:
- Planned Parenthood (47 percent positive, 31 percent negative, net +16)
- Joe Biden (40 percent positive, 28 percent negative, net +12)
- Bernie Sanders (32 percent positive, 22 percent negative, net +10)
- Ben Carson (29 percent positive, 21 percent negative, net +8)
- Carly Fiorina (27 percent positive, 20 percent negative, net +7)
- Barack Obama (46 percent positive, 40 percent negative, net +6)
- The Democratic Party (41 percent positive, 35 percent negative, net +6)
- The Black Lives Matter movement (32 percent positive, 29 percent negative, net +3)
- Hillary Clinton (39 percent positive, 47 percent negative, net -8)
- Jeb Bush (24 percent positive, 39 percent negative, net -15)
- The Republican Party (29 percent positive, 45 percent negative, net -16)
- Donald Trump (25 percent positive, 58 percent negative, net -33)
If you were wondering why folks like John Boehner - for one - dismissed conservatives’ push to shut down the government over Planned Parenthood funding, these poll numbers are instructive, too. Not only do six in 10 Americans oppose eliminating funding to Planned Parenthood, even those who SUPPORT defunding the group are not on board with a shutdown. Just nine percent of respondents who said they would like to see federal funding for the group slashed say that they would favor a shutdown to achieve that goal, while 11 percent said they would oppose such a move.
POPPING ON NBC POLITICS
- Donald Trump announced his tax plan. Here are all of the details, from NBC’s Ali Vitali and one of us(!)
- Six in 10 Americans say they're opposed to completely eliminating Planned Parenthood's federal funding -- including more than 40 percent who are "strongly" opposed, according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.
- Ben Carson got a big fundraising bump for his comments about a Muslim in the White House, NBC’s Alex Jaffe reports.
- Kevin McCarthy formally announced his bid for House speaker.
- And NBC contributor Dante Chinni outlines why a new House speaker may not have a much of an impact on how Congress operates.
CAMPAIGN QUICK READS
CLINTON: Her newest ad highlights her prescription drug plan -- and references Turing Pharmaceuticals CEO Martin Shkreli.
She also took a stand against Pumpkin Spice Lattes.
BUSH: On the same day Trump unveiled his tax plan, Bush penned an op/ed promoting his plan and undercutting Hillary Clinton’s.
KASICH: Scott Walker’s departure from the race has Kasich thinking about upping his Iowa effort.
FOR THE RECORD…
“Petty tells The Associated Press that he's ‘not necessarily endorsing him, but we are — you know what I mean?’”
- Racing legend Richard Petty on whether or not he endorsed Ben Carson at an event Monday.
TOMORROW’S SKED
Jeb Bush announces his energy policy plan at Rice Energy Company in Cannonsburg, Pa.
Chris Christie announces the support of Iowa backers in downtown Des Moines.
Carly Fiorina holds a town hall meeting with the Oklahoma Independent Petroleum Association.
