… Two leading pollsters in the current campaign — Kellyanne Conway, who works with Trump, and Geoff Garin, who surveys for the Clinton Super-PAC — see inherent opportunities and problems for both candidates.
Conway notes that Clinton was clobbered by Senator Bernie Sanders among young voters in the Democratic primaries and isn’t very popular with this cohort. That, she argues, is an opportunity for the likely Republican nominee.
“Trump can pick up some of the Sanders message, like tough on trade and the role money and big corporations play in a corrupt, rigged system,” she said. “That appeals to young voters.”
Garin, though he recognizes that Clinton has work to do with younger voters, dismisses any possibility that her opponent can capitalize on this weakness. “Trump is nowhere with young voters,” he contends. “He is completely out of sync with their world view, values and idealism.” CONT.
Albert R. Hunt, Bloomberg View