Mark Penn's Debate Advice For the Presidential Candidates

The Untold Story with Martha MacCallum

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4.6 • 775 Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2024

⏱️ 24 minutes

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New polling confirms that the race between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris remains incredibly tight, meaning the stakes couldn't be higher at next week's ABC News Presidential Debate. With many undecided voters still weighing their options and Vice President Harris making her presidential debate stage debut, what will it take for either candidate to come out victorious? And could a standout debate performance on September 10th be enough to secure an election win? Democratic pollster and CEO of Stagwell Inc., Mark Penn, weighs in on which issues the candidates need to spotlight on the debate stage and how meaningful fresh momentum can be this close to the election. Follow Martha on X: @MarthaMacCallum Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:44.7	I'm Martha McCallum, and we are inside two months to the United States presidential
0:50.5	election of 2024, Vice President Kamala Harris versus former president Donald Trump.
0:57.7	So the polling, we're now in the season where the polling really counts.
1:02.6	We're post-Labor Day.
1:03.7	People are paying close attention.
1:05.1	So I'm really glad to be joined by my guest today, chairman and CEO of Stagwell, Holster, Mark Penn.
1:13.6	He was an advisor to the Clintons, as well, of course, as anybody who follows politics knows
1:18.6	Mark Penn's name very well. So, Mark, great to have you with us. Thank you for joining us.
1:22.6	Thank you.
1:23.6	So let's talk about these latest numbers from the Harvard Capps Harris poll.
1:31.7	They're very fresh at this point, and I'm just getting a first good look at them.
1:36.3	Tell me what jumps out at you.
1:38.5	Well, first of all, it's a dead even race, at least in terms of the popular vote.
1:59.3	No matter how we slice it and dice it, depending upon how you treat the open ends, it's about 49, 49, it's about 50-50, which when you look at the rest of the poll continues to be surprising, right?
2:03.2	How is it that most people are unhappy with the economy,
2:05.1	unhappy with the direction of the country,
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