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
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
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