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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

80% : Vance is expected to give his own speech Wednesday night, with Trump to headline Thursday night's closing evening.
75% : In the latest scene in a presidential campaign already defined by dramatic turns, Trump appeared triumphantly to wild cheers at the convention's opening night Monday.
61% : His ear bandaged, Trump appeared at Monday night's session to rousing cheers, his expression often seeming subdued.
52% : One of the delegates in the crowd could be seen with a folded white piece of paper over his ear -- an apparent tribute to the bandage Trump wore Monday.
50% : Trump and Ohio Sen. JD Vance, his vice presidential choice, are scheduled to appear in the convention hall every night, according to two people familiar with the schedule who were not authorized to speak publicly.
37% : Trump, who has long decried rivals with harsh language and talked about prosecuting opponents if he wins a second term, seemed poised to deliver a more toned-down speech.
32% : "At the convention, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, who fell out with Trump over his refusal to go along with the former president's election falsehoods, called the moment "a great opportunity and the country and the media need to say regardless of the side of the political aisle we're on, we need to get back to the side of civil discourse and not try to demonize people.
27% : They include the family of Rachel Morin, a Maryland woman whom prosecutors say was killed and raped by a fugitive from El Salvador and whose story has been frequently highlighted by Trump on the campaign trail.
27% : At rallies and other campaign events, Trump has pointed to examples of migrants who committed heinous crimes and has blamed migration for the trafficking of drugs like fentanyl, even though federal data suggests many people smuggling fentanyl across the border are U.S. citizens.
22% : Pennsylvania Republican Party Chairman Lawrence Tabas said he hoped the assassination attempt on Trump would reset the tone nationally, beginning with Trump's scheduled remarks Thursday.
16% : "Still, several Republicans made clear that their calls for harmony and unity did not mean finding common ground with Biden and Democrats, who find themselves still riven by worries that the 81-year-old is not up to the job of defeating Trump.

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