From the "We're at a turning point," files: Pollsters dumbfounded by Trump | The Hill
The shocks have come in quick succession, with Trump first rocketing to the top of national polls, and then taking double-digit leads in the early voting states of Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina.
In another act of political magic, Trump managed to flip his favorability rating from negative to positive in one poll during the span of a month — a feat that Monmouth University’s Patrick Murray called “astounding.”
“That defies any rule in presidential politics that I’ve ever seen,” Murray, the director Monmouth’s Polling Institute, told The Hill.
Trump’s favorability rose from 20 percent to 52 percent among Republican voters between July and August, Monmouth found.
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“It will take another three or four weeks before we realize what happened, whether he can stick around or if his support is eroding,” Murray said.
“We are at the turning point, the eye of the storm, but we don’t know how much longer the storm is going to continue.”
Another turning point? Still?
The shocks have come in quick succession, with Trump first rocketing to the top of national polls, and then taking double-digit leads in the early voting states of Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina.
In another act of political magic, Trump managed to flip his favorability rating from negative to positive in one poll during the span of a month — a feat that Monmouth University’s Patrick Murray called “astounding.”
“That defies any rule in presidential politics that I’ve ever seen,” Murray, the director Monmouth’s Polling Institute, told The Hill.
Trump’s favorability rose from 20 percent to 52 percent among Republican voters between July and August, Monmouth found.
...
“It will take another three or four weeks before we realize what happened, whether he can stick around or if his support is eroding,” Murray said.
“We are at the turning point, the eye of the storm, but we don’t know how much longer the storm is going to continue.”
Another turning point? Still?