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Unemployment, that gives him a lot of tail winds and thats why he wins. despite all of that, despite the great economy, you know, its not a slam dunk. one other thing, michael, i should point out, these are models and models are wrong and we saw that in 2016. the models that now are predicting trump would win are the same models that predicted clinton would win back in 2016, so you have to take this with that in mind. >> got it. if we had had this conversation before the last cycle, you would ha...

Parties agree that voters are focusing more on cultural issues and it could cut against president trump. in a private memo that was sent to the house democratic campaign committee this month, democratic pollsters found app overriding issue with swing voters in a series of six focus groups. as we saw in the 2018 cycle, swing voter complaints about trump are dominated by his style and personality, not his agenda or policies. the pollsters after speaking with voters across three states, maine, mich...

Any early endorsements from her? >> weve been following voters in swing states. were doing a series of focus groups. the latest bit weve pulled out of that, how popular aoc is. she outpolls name recognition almost all of the other candidates except for bernie sanders, warren and biden. a big sign of how she has exploded on the scene. shes been on congress for three months and tops the list of the undecided swing voters in wisconsin. they know about her. they know about some of the policy prescri...

Bipartisanship is a really good things. >> yep. >> and this kind of old boys network that he was a part of is a positive. we want to go become to those civilized days. >> yep. >> and that is kind of missing the major energy on the left in america right now, which is from black lives matter and me too and a lot of people who want radical, radical rescue from climate change, a green new deal. the energy is not about lets put the old white guys back in charge, in spite of the fact that biden now ma...

A positive. we want to go become to those civilized days. >> yep. >> and that is kind of missing the major energy on the left in america right now, which is from black lives matter and me too and a lot of people who want radical, radical rescue from climate change, a green new deal. the energy is not about lets put the old white guys back in charge, in spite of the fact that biden now makes the top three polling candidates for polling, trump, sanders and biden, three white men all over the age o...

Donald trump versus kamala harris. >> exactly. and i think thats why when you see donald trump criticizing, say, george conway, the charge he levels that hes a loser. hes try iing to make a name fo himself by coming after me. hes trying to make a name for himself by being the guy that criticizes me. thats one of the worst charges you can level within sort of the republican electorate, that someone is trying to go against the president to make themselves look good. >> mike? >> kristen, do you eve...

To this guy, support this guy when they tell lies? again, who said lets go to the tape? go to the videotape. lets go to the videotape. its right there. >> theres an interesting pattern ive picked up in a variety of focus groups i do among republicans to hear how theyre thinking about things. people dont usually know who theyve been invited to sit with. they dont yet know theyre in a room full of other people who think like them. the moment they figure out that theyre inside a safe space with oth...

12 democratic candidates? how does he factor in. >> hes got a lot of buzz. those are buzzy, viral sort of moments. look at the broader field, hes pulling in single digits. were doing focus groups now in a lot of swing states. we did one in wisconsin last week, the swingiest of swing voters and all of them said "who?" you look at biden and sanders at the top of the pack. nobody else breaks 10%. >> biden, were very much anticipating his announcement as to whether or not hes going to run. looks lik...

Concerns were quickly dismissed by other members of the group, these instances highlight guns and tax cuts not just as policies but as white racial identities. being pro gun or anti-health care reform at any cost mark people as being one of us, and questioning these positions made you one of them. so is it just the president and gop? or is tribalism a human condition? >> well, that really gets at the core of what i studied in the book. i did it in multiple focus groups across the south for sever...

Focus group adviceing women and how to present themselves who have to quote look impeccable. we deep see those same standards for when when they run. >> i hear what you are saying, but there is a scholar at dartmouth. i am sure you know debra gordons works, we can put the screen shot up that found there is no evidence of sexist attitudes or biases that undermine candidates at the ballot box. do you disagree with that thesis? >> i do disagreement i think all you need to do is come into your focus...