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Frank Luntz Reveals What ‘Shocked’ Him About Trump’s Exit Poll Numbers

Pollster Frank Luntz said Wednesday on CNN that he was “shocked” by former President Donald Trump’s surge in support among Latino voters, based on exit polls released after Election Day. I am receiving it,” he said.

After the media declared Trump the 47th president-elect, exit poll data revealed Trump in the lead among key voting blocs that have traditionally aligned with Democrats. On “American Election Day,” Luntz told CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer that he was surprised by Trump’s soaring popularity among Latino men and that Vice President Kamala Harris’ He pointed out how poor the performance was. (Related: MSNBC host shocked by Trump’s surge in Hispanic men)

“The most important thing is the Latino vote, the Hispanic vote. I was shocked to learn that Mr. Trump actually won a majority of Latino men. Although there is a huge gender disparity, as there is on every holiday, , Mr. Trump [was] We were able to get a majority. I think this is the first time in over 30 years that Republicans have been able to do something like that. That was number one,” Lantz said.

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“Second, women under 30 make up only 7% of the Harris success sample,” Lantz continued. “They needed to muster a significant turnout because the spread there was almost in Harris’s favor. So they needed to make it bigger. And number three, at the end of the day, abortion is It’s the fact that it was a relatively low priority issue, where she had an advantage, but it doesn’t matter that one candidate has a huge lead if it doesn’t matter to voters. These are my three big points.”

Luntz went on to accuse Harris of making a mistake by being more clear about her policies, and how Harris was able to clarify her plans during a town hall event with CNN in October. pointed out.

“It’s about telling people your position. Tell them what you’re going to do. She had a great town hall meeting with CNN. She stopped Anderson Cooper at the beginning and told the audience “I should have said, ‘I want to tell you exactly what I’m going to do for the first hour, the first day, the first week, the first month, the 100th day, the first year, everything,'” Lantz said. Said.

“So, when you run out of time, [when] Anderson wants to move on. She says to the crowd, “Do you want to hear what I’m going to do?” Or do you want me to answer a question? ‘They would have cheered her on, and then they would have put aside all doubts about where she stands and what she wants to do,” Lantz added.

Harris won 77% of black male voters nationwide, compared to 21% for Trump, an increase of 2 percentage points from 2020, according to the data. According to to Reuters. Additionally, Trump led Harris among Hispanic men nationwide, garnering 55% support, an increase of 19 points from the 2020 exit poll, while Harris lagged behind at 43%, the paper said. Reported.

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