The Republican National convention, politico talked with mark meadows, discussing the confluence of the Trump Administration and the campaign as well as negotiations to that covid economic responsible. Lets get started. Lets give a warm welcome to white house chief of staff, mark meadows. Think you for joining us. Thank you for joining us. It is great to be with you this morning. It is 69 days until election day. Ing isesidents poll lagging in every swing state that we see. Give us a sense, if the president wins on november 3, it will be because he did what over the next 69 days . I think it is not just what he does over the next 69 days. Let me just be clear. I am going to talk in my personal capacity as we talk about some of these things so that we dont get everybody tweeting at me that i am hatch act. He from a political standpoint, if i put on my political hat, here is what i see. Its not just what he does the next 69 days, but building on the years prior to that, but taking the ne
Pollsters joining us today. House,lachlan and neil neil was the pollster for the previous republican nominee, mitt romney, 2012. You can follow along the and ask usn olitico. S, p we are excited to have this conversation. Thanks. Good to be here. I want to start with the question i get most when people in a speakingr gig or in general conversation, to what extent polling has underestimated President Trump. Both of you believe there is underestimation going on. John, what drives that . I think it is significant. Two things. Reporting, you are ahead of the curve in terms of the changes technology has made. It is harder to get voters period. You focused on the education levels, workingclass levels. Polls structured to keep up with technology and where people are and being able to get a hold of them, that is one challenge. Then there is the challenge of donald trump. He is a unique figure in history. Beat thehe odds he odds. It was a close race. The strategy was built on new voters. 9 mill
Tim kaine on the third day of the 2020 Democrat National convention. He briefly discusses his experience as a 2016 democratic Vice President ial nominee and gives us an update on covid19 relief package negotiations. This is about 45 minutes. Lets get started. This welcome senator, tim kaine. Senator, you have worn a lot of hats for the Democratic Party. The governor of virginia, dnc chair, now senator. In 2016, you were the vp nominee. What do you wish you knew then that you know now . That is a really good question. I dont know that i have a rorschach answer i would say, for me, 2016 was really encapsulated something really good and something really bad. It was so much fun to do everything i could to try to get the first woman elected president of the united states. I played a significant role in virginia, helping barack obama be the first africanamerican president. I wanted to help the first woman be president. That was the part that was great. Would justown part be the hostility, mi
Steven thank you, anna and jake i am steve shepard, Senior Campaigns editor of politico, joined by Elena Schneider we have, as they said, two republican pollsters joining us today. John mclaughlin, part of the Trump Campaign polling team, and neil newhouse, republican strategies. Neil was the pollster for the previous republican president ial nominee, mitt romney in 2012. Elena but before we get started, a reminder that you can follow along with this conversation following the hashtag rncwithpolitico. And also ask us questions politico. So thank you john and neil for being with us this morning. Mr. Newhouse thanks, elena. Mr. Mclaughlin pleasure to be here. Steve for both of you, i want to start with the question i get most of all when people ask me, whether it is in a speaking gig or in general conversation, about the polls, and that is to what extent the polls have underestimated President Trump over the past five years. Most of the folks who have looked at the idea of a trump hidden
In covering the 2020 race as well as i will wisconsin over the last couple of years, most recently in april, reporting a primary election that happened during the covered pandemic. Before wisconsin, your list daniel providing background in the dynamic. Donald trump has won the state of wisconsin. This is a state like clinton hasnt even visited since the Democratic Convention over the summer. In 2016, it was the crystallizing moment that things had gone south for democrats. 22004, President Trump was the first republican to win the state and more than 30 years is all types of different activists across the groups that realized they had become complacent that year. Something the groups say they are doing again. When i spoke with him precovid, he spoke with not endorse them to prove it. The volunteers working together on the infrastructure are waiting so whoever wins the 20 contest will be able to come in and inherit a mobilized organized motivated, highly driven group of volunteers. Wisc