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
County to get hit by the woolsey fire. You can see flame creeping up the hillside there. It is one of three wildfires raging across the state. They are trying to keep it from jumping the fence and threatening the homes there. This just in. The death toll now stands at 25, more than 100 others reported missing. Nearly 300,000 californians forced to pack up and flee. Our teams are across the state this afternoon following all of the latest development. Lets begin in Northern California. Nick va lelencia is in the city paradise where the devastation is heart breaking. Nick . This is known as the camp fire burned 109,000 acres. This may sound like a lot, but it was not what was anticipated by those who were fighting the fire. There is a red flag warping in effect with 50 mile per hour wind gusts, making conditions ripe for fire to spread. This is one of the mare thoroughfares out of paradise. This is skyway. If you are familiar with the area, you know how jam packed it was on thursday. I w
Jonathan hunt standing by in malibu. First to kevin corke, covering the president s trip this weekend. Kevin joins us live from paradise. Kevin. Julian, youre gillian, youre right. For the president its an opportunity to see devastation of the wildfires that scorched a number of communities here and in Southern California as well and a chance for him to comfort not only those who lost loved ones, but in some cases lost everything they had in their possession. Also its a chance for the president to thank the firefighters and First Responders who have the heavy burden of assisting a hurting community. The president has been quite critical of the state management of the land which he says is a reason that california gets hammered by fires year after year after year. In fact, he addressed that controversy with our Chris Wallace of Fox News Sunday. You got some blow back because of one of your tweets talked about for rest management. I tell when trees fall theyre very dry and theyre like ti
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