What is "Rates" in this context? It's in plural what makes me even more to wonder about the meaning ... As I see the doubt I'm writing here
About Hilary ... "She had earned a reputation, in the lingo of the Senate, as “a workhorse and not a show horse.” But polling revealed that her negative ratings were perilously high across the country, and especially outside the bluest states."
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com/dictionary/rating An estimate of how popular she is with the public There are companies who compile such ratings, eg via opinion polls. Clive
— Clive
com/dictionary/rating An estimate of how popular she is with the public There are companies who compile such ratings, eg via opinion polls.
Clive
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