Trump's Pollster on the Elusive First-Time Voter

Somebody's Gotta Win with Tara Palmeri

The Ringer

News

4.4 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Tara is joined by Republican pollster and strategic consultant John McLaughlin to discuss Donald Trump’s current standing in the key swing states as we head into the presidential election. They discuss his campaign’s focus on first-time voters, analyze the viability of Team Trump’s ground operation, and speculate on how Donald will ultimately fare with voters 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

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Okay, this is a true story.
0:02.0	I have a friend who once faked his own death
0:07.0	so he could have more time to watch his favorite TV show.
0:11.0	In my new podcast, Truthless, I'm talking to people about the lies they tell. From forging new identities to taking their love of Game of Thrones a little too far.
0:23.2	From Spotify and the Ringer Podcast Network, I'm Brian Phillips.
0:27.4	Listen to Truthless on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:40.0	The new five pound meal deal from McDonald's. Get a cheeseburger or Mayo Chicken,
0:42.0	medium fries, four McNuggets, and a medium soft drink.
0:45.0	But guess what? That's right, five pounds.
0:48.0	Not called the five pound meal deal deal for nothing.
0:51.0	From 11 a.m. not available on delivery.
0:54.0	Carbonated soft drink upgrade fees apply.
0:56.0	Participating restaurants subject's availability. Hi, I'm Tara Palmary. I'm Puck Senior Political Correspondent, and this is
1:15.0	Somebody's Gotta win. Guys, this race is extremely tight and Democrats are panicked
1:20.3	that even after booting Joe Biden that Trump may still win.
1:24.0	That may explain why you've seen Kamala Harris in a much more offensive posture as of late.
1:29.6	Blitsing the airwaves, targeting media to make up losses with black and Hispanic men.
1:34.8	She's here, she's there, she's everywhere, she's even on Fox.
1:38.2	Harris is supposed to do an interview with Brett Bear on Wednesday as she tries to make inroads with
1:41.7	the independence and Republicans.
1:44.6	Meanwhile Trump seems to be on his era's tour.
1:46.9	He performed at Coachella this past weekend and then we'll be at Madison Square Garden
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Ringer, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of The Ringer and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.