Republican pollster Frank Luntz continues to criticize Donald Trump’s campaign, saying it has opened a “gender chasm” between him and Kamala Harris.
Luntz, dubbed “the Nostradamus of pollsters,” now says Trump’s attacks on Harris led a recent Fox News poll to show men favoring Trump by 12 points and women favoring Harris by 10 — a swing of 22 points.
“Trump is losing, he’s doing everything he can to insult this huge gender, and it’s not a gap, it’s a chasm,” she said.
Luntz even said he believes “there will be divorces because of the battle between” Trump and Harris.
The pollster then looked at how men and women viewed Trump and Harris through the prism of a divorce.
Republican pollster Frank Luntz continues to criticize Donald Trump’s campaign, saying it has opened a “gender gap” between him and Kamala Harris
“Well, the problem is that Kamala Harris reminds men of their first wife and Donald Trump reminds women of their first husband’s divorce lawyer,” she told CNN on Saturday.
Luntz continues to repeat the message he has been delivering to Trump for the past week: attack Harris for her policies.
“The first thing is not to insult your opponent because of the way he looks or the way he talks,” Luntz said.
“Women can’t stand that. Secondly, they expect you to focus on the future, not anger about the past. And that is, again, exactly the opposite of what Trump is actually doing.”
Luntz said Harris’ economic speech on Friday, whether you agree or disagree, was focused on the future and offered tangible answers to voters’ concerns.
“The economy has been a challenge. Inflation has clearly made life difficult for many people, and action needs to be taken on that. We need to acknowledge that, show people a solution, give them ideas on how they can turn things around,” he said.
Luntz said earlier this week that Trump is committing “political suicide” as entire voting blocs have collapsed toward Kamala Harris, prompting a major shift in the campaign.
The pollster attributed the shift to Trump’s campaign decisions, declaring that the former president was declining.
Luntz said Harris’ economic speech on Friday, whether you agree or disagree, was focused on the future and offered tangible answers to voters’ concerns.
Luntz said earlier this week that Trump is committing “political suicide” as entire voting blocs have collapsed toward Kamala Harris, prompting a major shift in the campaign.
“It’s like he’s lost control,” Luntz fumed. “And I know there are billionaires watching this show who are spending a lot of money on Donald Trump, and they don’t understand why he’s committing political suicide.”
Toward the beginning of the interview, Ross Sorkin noted that “polls in the presidential race show Vice President Harris gaining ground in some key states and even eroding some of former President Trump’s lead in Florida.”
He continued: “Our next guest says that if the election were held today, she would win.”
A visibly surprised Ross Sorkin joked: “Now that’s a twist.”
“It’s more than that,” Luntz replied.
“That’s a plot twist,” Ross Sorkin joked.
“He’s attracting people who are not interested in voting for either Trump or Biden. So the whole voting pool has changed,” the veteran pollster said.
Luntz went on to explain that if things continued as they were, Democrats could win more than just the White House: they could also keep the Senate and the House of Representatives.
Luntz, dubbed “the Nostradamus of pollsters,” now says Trump’s attacks on Harris have led a recent Fox News poll to show men favoring Trump by 12 points and women favoring Harris by 10 — a 22-point difference.
Women hold signs as they wait for U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris to speak about reproductive freedom at the El Rio Neighborhood Center in Tucson on April 12.
While Trump appeared poised to easily win many Republican states against Joe Biden, polls show Harris gaining ground in some states and leading in others.
The latest Real Clear Politics polling average shows Harris with a one-point lead over Trump.
In betting, the averages that are ahead are higher, by about eight percentage points.
In a recent example, Harris generated more confidence than Trump on economic issues, marking a major shift in voter sentiment following Biden’s decision to withdraw.
The poll, conducted for the Financial Times and the Ross School of Business, found Harris holding a one-point lead. It is the first time a Democratic presidential candidate has outperformed Trump on economic issues since the poll began tracking voter sentiment on the issue nearly a year ago.
However, in a DailyMail.com poll published earlier this week, the former president still holds a two-point lead over the new Democratic nominee.
While other recent polls show the vice president with a sizable lead, our survey of 1,001 likely voters found that 43 percent would vote for Trump if the election were held tomorrow, compared with 41 percent who would vote for Harris.
With a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percent, it sets the stage for a very close election in November.
Harris was catapulted into the race after Biden announced last month that he was abandoning his re-election campaign.
Trump’s entourage was initially jubilant, expecting weeks of infighting among Democrats. But the party quickly coalesced around the vice president and will show a united front at its convention in Chicago next week.
The result has been a series of polls showing Harris nullifying, or at least controlling, Trump’s clear lead in the polls.
The first presidential debate between the two will be held in Philadelphia on September 10 and will be moderated by ABC News.
The first vice presidential debate between Democratic Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota and Republican Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio will take place Oct. 1 in New York City and will be broadcast on CBS.