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Luntz focus group: Yeah, we don’t care about Trump’s taxes, but Hillary’s emails…
Hot Air ^ | October 6, 2016 | Larry O'Connor

Posted on 10/06/2016 3:54:45 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

According to pollster Frank Luntz and his famous “undecided focus group” extravaganzas he holds after every debate, American voters aren’t nearly as worked up about Donald Trump’s tax returns as the media and Clinton campaign appear to be. In fact, according to Luntz’ appearance on CBS Wednesday, voters might be interested in getting tax tips from the GOP nominee:

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“Nobody wants to pay taxes. As long as you don’t break the law, as long as you didn’t do anything unethical, tax payers are fed up with the tax code and they actually did not hold him responsible for that. What they don’t like is how his employees were treated. The goal for the average American is to find some way to reduce their taxes.”

Luntz also noted that the undecided voters “are more upset over Hillary Clinton’s emails than they are about Trump’s tax returns,” and he added “that email issue is going to continue, I think, into the next two debates.”

This cuts against what the media and the debate moderators have een focusing on. Lester Holt made absolutely no reference during last weeks debate to Hillary Clinton’s use of an unauthorized, non-secure, non-government email server to conduct her official business while Secretary of State. He did initiate a laborious exchange over Trump’s tax returns, though.

If the media and debate moderators really want to get these candidates to talk about issues the American voter cares about, they’d start probing deeper into the email issue.

Don’t hold your breath.


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Computers/Internet; Conspiracy; Government
KEYWORDS: emails; hillary; taxes; trump
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To: Reily; Robert DeLong
I’ve never seen or heard anything negative about how Trump treats his employees.

They also can't cite a single example of Trump "dissing" blacks.

But that hasn't stopped them from convincing a lot of Blacks that he wants to re-institue slavery.

21 posted on 10/06/2016 4:33:56 PM PDT by digger48
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To: justlurking

IIRC, there has been ONE employee complaining about Trump recently. I wonder how many people Trump actually employs.......ONE GUY COMPLAINING!


22 posted on 10/06/2016 4:40:06 PM PDT by originalbuckeye ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
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To: justlurking

Probably talking about the contractors who claim they weren’t paid that Hillary brought up in the debate.


23 posted on 10/06/2016 4:44:36 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

none of the liberals who are upset about Trump “paying no taxes” are the least bit concerned about 52% of income earners paying NO income taxes at all.


24 posted on 10/06/2016 4:51:29 PM PDT by llevrok (Lies are born the moment someone thinks the truth is dangerous.)
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To: Robert DeLong

[Only liberals think there’s something wrong with, someone other than them, paying lower taxes. ]

Right you are. The most dangerous place on the face of the Earth is between a liberal and their money.


25 posted on 10/06/2016 4:59:19 PM PDT by headstamp 2 (Fear is the mind killer.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Saw him talking about this yesterday. He showed that meter that the focus group controls while listening to the VP debate. I was amazed seeing the meter go up, even amongst those identified as HRC-leaning when Pence brought up the emails. Luntz but it bluntly and said that all Trump has to do to completely neutralize her tax lines is follow them up with requesting her emails. He wins that exchange by 2:1.


26 posted on 10/06/2016 5:05:07 PM PDT by NImerc
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
no reference during last weeks debate to Hillary Clinton’s use of an unauthorizedclandestine, non-secure, non-government email server to conduct her official business while Secretary of State to evade enforcement of the Freedom of Information Act.

27 posted on 10/06/2016 5:39:02 PM PDT by conservatism_IS_compassion ('Liberalism' is a conspiracy against the public by wire-service journalism.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The only people that want other people to pay more taxes are public employees and welfare recipients.
thanks for posting.


28 posted on 10/06/2016 9:24:09 PM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: justlurking
I must have missed something. How has Trump allegedly mistreated employees?

Exactly - I guess they equate his refusal to fully pay contractors who did not perform as contracted to perform as "abusing employees"...

29 posted on 10/07/2016 3:48:37 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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