We’re officially in the part of the primary season where, even if pollsters can’t tell us for certain what will happen in 2020, polling starts to have consequences. … But despite the importance of the polls, many political junkies — and even some candidates themselves — don’t understand exactly what […] Read more »
About that Florida poll that shows Biden crushing Trump …
Just as Donald Trump prepared to jet to Orlando to formally kick off his bid for a second term in 2020, a new Quinnipiac University poll was released that showed the President trailing former Vice President Joe Biden in the Sunshine State by 9 percentage points. Which is a big […] Read more »
Trump’s internal polling fiasco points to a ragtag campaign
… First came the leaking of some alarming internal polling. After the data were alluded to in reports, Trump repeatedly denied they existed. Then ABC News got the actual numbers, showing Trump trailing Joe Biden by double digits in some hugely important states such as Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. … Then […] Read more »
As much as Trump struggles against them, polls offer a glimpse of reality
… Trump himself used to celebrate polls, lest we forget. During the Republican primary in 2015 and 2016, he surged to the front of polling and would celebrate new numbers at the beginning of his rallies. He’d literally pull poll numbers out of his pocket and describe his front-runner status […] Read more »
Trump campaign fires multiple pollsters after unflattering numbers leak
President Donald Trump’s campaign fired several pollsters after internal polling numbers that showed the President lagging behind Democratic presidential candidates in key states were made public, according to multiple sources. CNN and other outlets first reported the numbers — which showed Trump trailing Joe Biden in states like Michigan and […] Read more »
Trump campaign cutting ties with three members of polling team after grim numbers leaked
President Trump’s campaign is cutting ties with three members of his polling team after grim numbers showing him trailing former vice president Joe Biden in several battleground states were leaked to the media last week, according to several officials with knowledge of the matter. … Publicly, Trump initially declared that […] Read more »