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GOP pollster Frank Luntz: Harris momentum ‘froze’ when she went ‘anti-Trump’
The Hill ^ | 10/23/2024 | Filip Timotija

Posted on 10/23/2024 7:38:40 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

Republican pollster Frank Luntz in a recent interview said Vice President Harris could come up short in November, suggesting her momentum “froze” when she went ‘anti-Trump.”

Luntz said Harris’s best stretch came when she was making the case for herself of why she should be elected commander in chief. That progress, in his view, has halted with her expanded her focus on attacking former President Trump.

“What’s interesting is that with Harris focused on why she should be elected president, that’s when her numbers grew,” the pollster said on CNN’s “This Morning.”

“She’s had the best 60 days of any presidential candidate in modern history, and then the moment that she turned anti-Trump and focused on him and said, ‘Don’t vote for me, vote against him,’ … that’s when everything froze,” he told host Kasie Hunt.

The momentum, Luntz continued, is now tilting toward Trump.

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KEYWORDS: antitrump; froze; harris; kamala; luntz; momentum
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That is all she has Frank.
1 posted on 10/23/2024 7:38:40 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

She has no record of accomplishments at all, anywhere in anything....................


2 posted on 10/23/2024 7:40:59 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Interesting speculation. But her momentum was for the most part, a manufacturered Media by product anyway.
A product with the staying power of Cotton Candy.
Destined to droop, wilt and faster.


3 posted on 10/23/2024 7:43:09 AM PDT by lee martell
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That is all she has Frank.

Ditto. There is no reason anyone should vote for Harris as opposed to anyone else alive. We would be no worse off with, say, President Bergoglio or President Swift or President Kaepernick; the only reason (other than rancid identity politics) to vote for Harris is that it is a protest vote against Trump.

4 posted on 10/23/2024 7:43:32 AM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Her big plan going forward is More Biden.


5 posted on 10/23/2024 7:43:40 AM PDT by lurk (u)
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To: lee martell

fester


6 posted on 10/23/2024 7:44:08 AM PDT by lee martell
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The wig he wore last nite was too dark(young).


7 posted on 10/23/2024 7:46:33 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Frank gets some things right, some wrong. ““She’s had the best 60 days of any presidential candidate in modern history” is only because of the massive “joy” gaslighting by the MSM. But they could only put up a facade for so long.


8 posted on 10/23/2024 7:46:36 AM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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Well, now that she is behind, she will go even more negative anti-Trump.


9 posted on 10/23/2024 7:47:40 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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None of this happened.

Poll numbers changed because pollster turnout model changed.

Nobody they were calling changed their minds. Minds have been made up since March.

This kind of talk is self serving. Pollsters want more contracts because of “how effectively we are measuring changes of attitude.”

They are not measuring changes of attitude. The only attitude that is changing is their own. They had X% blacks in the model and Y% Women in their models. Then they changed the X and Y number. Simply that. And they may have taken no surveys to decide to do that. It was whimsical.


10 posted on 10/23/2024 7:48:21 AM PDT by Owen
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In fairness, Harris has received rave reviews for some of her previous “jobs”


11 posted on 10/23/2024 7:49:42 AM PDT by Sgt_Schultze (When your business model depends on slave labor, you're always going to need more slaves.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Her “Joy Campaign” ended when the ‘witch in a pantsuit’ when full-on mean, hateful and nasty (the real Kamala).


12 posted on 10/23/2024 7:50:20 AM PDT by volare737 (Diversity is something to be overcome, not celebrated.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Since when is Luntz a Republican pollster?


13 posted on 10/23/2024 7:50:48 AM PDT by TheThirdRuffian (Orange is the new brown in)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Each time Harris has made a public appearance, usually scripted, it has worked against her. She should have followed the Biden game plan of 2020 and stayed somewhere secluded, maybe releasing some well-choreographed videos.


14 posted on 10/23/2024 7:50:49 AM PDT by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021 and beyond.)
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This is comical. The reason: Her only strength is she is the checkbox under “Trump” that says, “other”.

If there was some way that people could not vote “against” a candidate, but could only vote “for” a candidate, she would receive nothing but the crazy feminist, middle aged cat lady, and “beta male hoping to get laid” vote.


15 posted on 10/23/2024 7:52:07 AM PDT by cuban leaf (2024 is going to be one for the history books, like 1939. And 2025 will be more so, like 1940-1945.)
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Luntz said Harris’s best stretch came when she was making the case for herself of why she should be elected commander in chief.

I missed that stretch.

16 posted on 10/23/2024 7:52:21 AM PDT by Mr.Unique (My boss wants me to sign up for a 401K. No way I'm running that far! )
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To: Sgt_Schultze

On her Fans Only site?..................


17 posted on 10/23/2024 7:52:34 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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18 posted on 10/23/2024 7:54:39 AM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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Once again, Duntz has it ass-backwards.

Commie-la went negative Trump because her “Joy” BS had already fizzled. They then realized continuing to gaslight her “accomplishments” would fail because you can’t put lipstick on a pig. So they went negative Trump, but the crumble continues because she has NOTHING.


19 posted on 10/23/2024 7:57:08 AM PDT by Henchster (Free Republic - the BEST site on the web!)
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I'm not sure how Luntz has gotten the gig to be booked on these shows as an expert. His analysis omits some very relevant facts.

Her launch, and boost in the polls were not based on her focusing what she would do as president, but rather came from her being a welcome upgrade from Joe Biden, who people rightfully considered to be a senile old man. The contrast between the two was startling, and it created excitement.

But she started losing ground soon thereafter because she did not have a clear plan, other then she was not Joe Biden and she was not Donald Trump, a situation where she still finds herself today.

Consider that she began her presidential campaign on a proverbial third base, with an adoring media and more money than ever seen in a presidential race. And she never improved her numbers.

Meanwhile, Trump has had to fight every type of obstacle, including two actual attempts on his life, and here he is working hard these last two weeks, not taking any vote for granted. People have seen how hard he works, and that's why Harris' numbers keep dropping.

20 posted on 10/23/2024 8:00:15 AM PDT by Repealthe17thAmendment
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