Professional pollsters say President Donald Trump and senior White House officials are rightly confident heading into his reelection bid because early 2020 surveys are likely flawed. …
“I think the president’s support is undervalued,” said Neil Newhouse, the leading pollster for Republican Mitt Romney’s 2012 presidential bid. “If you separate things in a poll and ask someone if they disapprove overall with his job performance, there are a healthy number of voters who will then say despite that, ‘I strongly agree with many of his policies.’
“That, to me, shows there are more gettable votes out for the president than most people believe right now,” added Newhouse, now a partner at Public Opinion Strategies. CONT.
John T. Bennett, Roll Call