Republican pollster Frank Luntz appears stunned at the current state of the Kamala Harris-Donald Trump matchup and this year’s presidential election.
Luntz, who’s been called “The Nostradamus of pollsters” and conducts focus groups, had been bullish on Trump defeating Joe Biden and returning to the White House. Now, he says, he can’t believe what he’s seeing among his focus groups and in the polls.
“She’s bringing out people who are not interested in voting for either Trump or Biden, so the entire electoral pool has changed and if it continues in this direction you have to start to consider Democrats winning the Senate and Democrats winning the House,” Luntz said Wednesday on CNBC.
“She’s got intensity now. She’s got an intensity advantage. She’s got a demographic advantage and I haven’t seen anything like this happen in 30 days in my lifetime,” he said. “Now my groups are broken up by young women saying, ‘I’m not voting for him anymore.’”
He added: “The people who are undecided have all collapsed towards Harris. The people who are ‘weak’ Trump have all collapsed towards undecided.”
Luntz told hosts of “Squawk Box” that he’s attempting to hold a focus group of undecided, younger female voters, but is having trouble finding enough people who fit that category.
“You shift the demographics and you shift the entire outcome,” he said. “There are issues, attributes and the condition of the country. The issues and the conditions favor Donald Trump. He should be winning this election. But the attributes are so much in Harris’ favor that he’s not.”
🚨@FrankLuntz: "The entire electoral pool has changed. @KamalaHarris has got an intensity advantage, and I HAVEN’T SEEN ANYTHING like this happen in 30 days in my lifetime."
pic.twitter.com/hn6Ua89XIY — Herbie Ziskend (@HerbieZiskend) August 14, 2024
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giroml on August 14th, 2024 at 14:23 UTC »
Here is a clue for him: people are sick to death of all the divisive hate. It is dragging America down. If Trump and the GOP had an actual platform other than hating the “other” they might be able to compete. They don’t so they can’t. Take four years and A) get rid of Trump B) develop a platform for the working class that doesn’t start with cutting taxes on the rich.
ChirpyRaven on August 14th, 2024 at 14:03 UTC »
Things can change quickly, apparently.
goblueM on August 14th, 2024 at 13:55 UTC »
Lol if there's ANY group that would be undecided, this would be last on the list