'There Is Concern at the Trump Campaign': Veteran GOP Strategist Says Internal Polling Is 'Giving Them Pause' [View all]

Source: MEDIAite

Oct 30th, 2024, 10:19 pm


Republican strategist Margaret Hoover said Republicans have told her that campaign aides for former President Donald Trump have “concern” over internal polling. Trump is locked in a tight race with Vice President Kamala Harris, as polls show the two virtually tied in several key swing states. On Wednesday’s edition of The Source on CNN, host Kaitlan Collins asked the veteran of two Republican presidential campaigns what data she would be paying attention to.

“If you’re a campaign insider, what are you paying the closest attention to in these numbers?” Collins asked Hoover before pointing to several data points in CNN polls in Michigan and Wisconsin that seem to bode well for Harris:

I think if you’re the Trump campaign, you’re not looking at CNN’s numbers. You’re looking at your own internal, and I honestly think, I think their internals are actually giving them pause because I think they’re seeing even more– look, they do have a lot of resources for polling more than public media companies have. And they’re probably seeing the same things that you guys are talking about, which is that there’s real groundswell in the early vote. There’s real enthusiasm, which is hard to measure.

I have heard from Republicans that there is concern at the Trump campaign amongst the operatives that actually really do know the political wherewithal, the turnout and enthusiasm numbers aren’t where they need to be.