Liz Cheney down by 22 with three weeks to go

 KTVQ:

With just over three weeks until Wyoming's Primary Election Day on August 16, challenger Harriet Hageman has a huge lead on three-term incumbent Liz Cheney in the race for Wyoming's lone U.S. House seat, according to a recent poll in the Casper Star-Tribune.

"I can’t remember the last time I saw an incumbent down 22 points in a House Race, unless it was somebody who had been indicted or convicted of a crime," said Brad Coker, managing director of Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy, the firm that conducted the poll.
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"One of the conclusions I drew is this race is really more about Cheney than it's about Trump," Coker agreed.

Former president Donald Trump endorsed Hageman last September, but Coker’s poll shows that hasn’t been as big of a factor: just 30 percent of voters said Trump’s endorsement made them more likely to vote for Hageman - a natural resources lawyer - while 44 percent said it had no effect.
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The more eye-popping number is Cheney’s approval rating, with more than 2 to 1 saying she’s done a poor job.

"Her approval rating is only 27 percent approve, 66 percent disapprove," Coker said. "That number is devastating”
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It seems clear she is focused on issues that are not important to Wyoming voters.  That is on her.  That is how you get down by 22. 

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