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
i m carley shimkus. and i m joey jones in for todd piro. republicans are naming their nominees in key swing states colorado and one democrat incumbent is now out of a job. brooke singman has all of those and more. brooke? brooke: hey, good morning guys. yesterday s primaries setting up major match-ups for what republicans predict will be a big red wave in november s midterm. now starting in new york where congressman lee zeldin wins the republican nomination for governor and will face incumbent democrat kathy hochul who is running for her first full term after rising to power in disgrace of former governor cuomo alleys sexual assault candles. vowing to clean up the mess of democrat policies. she s been panderingering to the far left whchlt the tax and spend criminal liberals controlling albany were insisting on policies that would take our state in the wrong direction, kathy hochul didn t stand up and lead them instead she got led by the far left. brooke: another big
North bay and the hills as well. Strong northernly winds that is basically the over all direction coming in from the north. The dominant direction. And some lasting reports of wind gusts. Santa rosa up in Sonoma County 44 Miles Per Hour. Napa at 35. Concord 35 Miles Per Hour. Look at hayward everyone close tore the bay right around 44 Miles Per Hour. As far as the winds as you can see its basically depends on how elevation you are. How high you are with respect to these locations right around 45 Miles Per Hour. You can see for the valley locations then up to right around 50 Miles Per Hour right around 1,500 feet. Could be approaching 60 Miles Per Hour for the higher terrain right around 3,000 feet. Coming up in 15 minutes well take a look at this the wind advisory locations and timing of the strongest winds. Tree trimmers had their hands full responding from calls of people concerned about high gusts bringing down branches. Arborists say because its still not winter, many trees still h