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Peter Hamby
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Host of Snapchat’s “Good Luck America.” Founding Partner at Puck News. CNN back in the day. Board, Shorenstein Center.

Venice, California
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Our new poll with Echelon Insights asked voters if Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize

— By a 67-27 margin, voters say no
— Majority of independents (!) say ICE is making them less safe
— 58% say county is on wrong track

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Is Trump Sick of Winning?
Amid his blustering threats over Greenland and the ICE crackdown at home, only 33 percent of voters now say America is on the right track—Trump’s worst result since he returned to the White House last...
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January 28, 2026 at 4:01 AM
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Public support for ICE is collapsing — trending down even before the Minnesota shooting — and powerful eyewitness videos are the reason why

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Support for ICE Is Collapsing
Outside the right-wing echo chamber, polls tell the true story of an unprecedented drop in support for Trump’s immigration agency, which has swung 30 points in 12 months.
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January 14, 2026 at 1:59 AM
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Public support for ICE is collapsing — trending down even before the Minnesota shooting — and powerful eyewitness videos are the reason why

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Support for ICE Is Collapsing
Outside the right-wing echo chamber, polls tell the true story of an unprecedented drop in support for Trump’s immigration agency, which has swung 30 points in 12 months.
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January 14, 2026 at 1:59 AM
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A massive research project on young men shows them bailing on Trump, as he loses trust on the cost of living

- Just 22% say Trump is “fighting for them”
- 27% say Trump “hasn’t delivered”
- Vance has lower fave than Andrew Tate
- Obama is most-liked pol

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Manospheres of Influence
The disaffected young men who helped elect Trump are fed up with high prices, worried about A.I., and frustrated by the president’s neocon turn. And, according to exclusive new polling data, they’re s...
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January 7, 2026 at 8:12 PM
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Exclusive polling on the 2028 GOP Primary:

- JD Vance has a huge lead + higher faves than any Republican
- Coziness with A.I. leaders is a red flag for GOP voters
- Marjorie Taylor Greene's poll #s are terrible
+ more! >

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Vance in His Pants
Everyone knows that J.D. Vance is desperately positioning himself to become Trump’s heir apparent. But his popularity depends on his closeness to Trump, who could change his mind at any minute.
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December 18, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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The overcrowded and underwhelming race for California governor.

Will any Democrat make their campaign about something other than Donald Trump?

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The Newsom Succession
In California, local politics is often national—and the governorship can be a path to the White House. But with a suffocating housing market, punishing taxes, and a persistent homeless crisis, the sta...
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November 26, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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Exclusive new polling on Schumer & the shutdown

— Only 40% of Dems approve of Chuck’s shutdown handling
— But 55% approve of Jeffries!
— 53% of Dems opposed ending shutdown
— Dems crushed Trump on shutdown messaging

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Bad Luck, Chuck
New polling shows only 40 percent of Democrats approve of Chuck Schumer’s shutdown handling, while Hakeem Jeffries maintains stronger support among party voters.
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November 19, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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How Donald Trump fumbled young men

New polling finds that 47% of Gen Z men now say Trump is having a negative impact on their lives

Yes, Dems had a good election — but they can’t take young men for granted either

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How to Lose a Man in 365 Days
Gen Zyn swung right for Trump in 2024, but last week’s elections show they’re beginning to question whether the president can make life more affordable. Whether Democrats can keep them remains to be s...
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November 12, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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A buzzy new report examining why Democrats lost in 2024 makes the case that doing more social media or more podcasts won’t fix a thing for Dems.

The problem is that voters don’t like Democrats.

The only fix? Fixing the message puck.news/whats-in-the...
The Dems’ Flight 93 Essay
A new 2024 postmortem makes the case for Democrats cutting the cord with left-wing activists and winning back normie voters with a return to big-tent, multiracial, middle-class messaging—while learnin...
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October 29, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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ICE is on thin ice with voters, per new polling from Echelon Insights

- Majority say agents shouldn't wear masks
- Independents & women oppose ICE raid tactics in a big way
- More see ICE as targeting people who aren't a threat

And more > puck.news/independent-...
Independent Voters Are Turning on ICE
New data from Echelon Insights suggests that Trump’s ICE raids have actually broken through with voters, unlike any other storyline in the current political moment. But as the president doubles down o...
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October 22, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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Gavin Newsom’s anti-Trump crusade in California — how Prop 50 is winning, where it needs help, and what it all means for Gav 2028

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Newsom Player Haters & The ’28 Proxy War
Democrats have poured more than $140 million into the off-cycle ballot initiative to gerrymander California, counter Trump’s efforts to manipulate the midterms, and—perhaps most importantly—hand Gavin...
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October 15, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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Democrats won the first round of the shutdown messaging fight, and there’s a big reason why — they’re finally starting to understand the content game

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How Democrats Finally Won the Internet
After years of churning out digital cringe, Democrats finally seem to have found a human message during the government shutdown, leveraging the left’s messy creator ecosystem to beat the Trump meme ma...
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October 8, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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A new poll of college students finds that Charlie Kirk was almost universally famous on campuses. But he was not popular at all — with 70% of students saying they disagreed with Kirk’s views

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What College Students Really Think of Charlie Kirk
New data from Generation Lab undercuts Trump’s mythmaking about his murdered ally, who was unquestionably a savvy organizer, even if he wasn’t at all popular on the campuses he loved to visit.
puck.news
September 17, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Reposted by Peter Hamby
And here are some posts from 4chan since Tyler Robinson was arrested for shooting Charlie Kirk.

via @peterhamby.bsky.social
September 12, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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. @peterhamby.bsky.social had me on his great The Powers The Be pod to talk about Rob Manfred’s decision to reinstate Pete Rose.

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MLB’s Rose War & An Upfronts Postmortem
Podcast Episode · The Powers That Be: Daily · 05/16/2025 · 20m
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May 17, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Reposted by Peter Hamby
Despite Trump’s unpredictable, anxiety-provoking, market-rattling, ethics-pulverizing first 100 days, the latest Puck/Echelon poll shows he’s still more popular than Democrats with voters…

Read @peterhamby.bsky.social's breakdown of the full results of the poll:
Dem & Dumber
Despite Trump’s unpredictable, anxiety-provoking, market-rattling, ethics-pulverizing first 100 days, the latest Puck/Echelon poll shows he’s still more popular with voters than Democrats.
puck.news
May 17, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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. @peterhamby.bsky.social invited me onto his pod to dish on Augusta's deals and the UFC's negotiations.

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UFC’s $1B Fantasy & a Green Jacket Mystery
Podcast Episode · The Powers That Be: Daily · 04/15/2025 · 25m
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April 15, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Donald Trump’s poll numbers on the economy were already shaky - and now they’re absolutely terrible.

And we’re not even at 100 Days

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Trump’s Honeymoon Hara-Kiri
While most presidents enjoy a post-inaugural boost to their popularity, the early post-Liberation Day polling shows Trump’s support on the economy collapsing rapidly.
puck.news
April 9, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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Gavin Newsom’s podcast debut, featuring the governor’s very public reversal on the matter of trans women in sports, is being closely watched by Democrats as the party tests new mediums and the bounds of its post-election repositioning.

From @peterhamby.bsky.social
Gavin’s Roganitis
The California governor’s podcast debut with Charlie Kirk, featuring Newsom’s very public reversal on the issue of trans women in sports, is being closely watched by Democrats as the party tests new m...
puck.news
March 13, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Reposted by Peter Hamby
This was the best piece, commentary, take I’ve seen so far on @governor.ca.gov’s reasons for this podcast.
Lifelong CA Dem here, and this is just ‘Gavin bringing Gavin’ at his best. He’s actually brave enough to test it out.
March 12, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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Gavin Newsom is charging ahead with his podcast, after few Dems condemn his trans comments:

- Charlie Kirk interview clips have over 7 million views across platforms
- Gav tells Michael Savage: “Trump and I are getting along!”
- Next guest: Steve Bannon

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Gavin’s Roganitis
The California governor’s podcast debut with Charlie Kirk, featuring Newsom’s very public reversal on the issue of trans women in sports, is being closely watched by Democrats as the party tests new m...
puck.news
March 12, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Reposted by Peter Hamby
We all thought the social video from 22 Senate Democrats yesterday was corny, but what @peterhamby.bsky.social presupposes here is what if it were effective?
puck.news Puck @puck.news · Mar 5
Senate Democrats’ corny but MAGA-baiting social media experiment may actually have been a masterstroke, with Cory Booker et al. finally learning to plagiarize Trump’s media playbook.

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Revenge of the Nerds
Senate Democrats’ corny but MAGA-baiting social media experiment may actually have been a masterstroke, with Cory Booker et al. finally learning to plagiarize Trump’s media playbook.
puck.news
March 5, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Reposted by Peter Hamby
Exclusive new polling reveals how the Gen Z men who helped put Trump in the White House are souring on his presidency as expectations for a shiny new economy collide with our current, tariff-laden reality.

From @peterhamby.bsky.social
The Boys of Bummer
Exclusive new polling reveals how the Gen Z men who helped put Trump in the White House—Dave Portnoy types who are into sports, stocks, and crypto—are souring on his presidency as expectations for a s...
puck.news
March 5, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Young voters — including young men who want those stocks higher and crypto wallets fatter — are souring on Trump’s handling of the economy. New polling shows support for Trump handling of the economy among *Gen Z men* slipped -14 points between Jan and Feb

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The Boys of Bummer
Exclusive new polling reveals how the Gen Z men who helped put Trump in the White House—Dave Portnoy types who are into sports, stocks, and crypto—are souring on his presidency as expectations for a s...
puck.news
March 5, 2025 at 5:20 AM