Trump Pollster John McLaughlin Explains His Client’s Lead

Somebody's Gotta Win with Tara Palmeri

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🗓️ 25 April 2024

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Tara is joined by Republican political strategist John McLaughlin to discuss the hot-button issues that are fueling Donald Trump and Joe Biden’s poll numbers and guiding their individual campaigns. They take a deep look at the mood of each key swing state, break down strategic differences between the 2020 and 2024 races, and debate RFK Jr.'s possible impact in November. For more of Tara's reporting, please sign up for her newsletter, ‘The Best and the Brightest,’ at puck.news/tarapalmeri and use the discount code TARA20 Host: Tara Palmeri Guest: John McLaughlin Producer: Chris Sutton Production Supervision: Conor Nevins Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Brian Curtis from The Ringer, and I want to tell you about the Press Box podcast.
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1:01.5	UK slash Voter ID. Hi, I'm Tara Paul Mary. I'm punk senior political correspondent and this is somebody's got to win.
1:24.5	On this episode I have Donald Trump's Pulitzer on the line, John McLaughlin.
1:29.2	He's been working with Trump since 2016. Even before that back in 2011 when Trump was dreaming up his
1:36.0	political future. While he's been criticized in the past for painting a rosier
1:39.6	picture for Donald Trump then some of the public polling he did accurately predict what
1:44.0	percentage of the national vote he would win in 2016 and 2020.
1:48.3	His latest polling is better for Trump than the latest public polling that shows Biden getting
1:52.3	a small bump edging closer to
1:53.8	Trump nationally. We talk about what's driving this shift, which Biden 2020 voters
1:58.8	are now voting for Trump, and which Biden voters Trump has lost.
2:03.0	Plus we talk about the impact of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on the race
2:06.3	and how the Hush Money Trial is impacting voter sentiment.
2:09.0	So let's get down to it.
2:10.2	We've got lots of cover.
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