Last updated on July 17th, 2023 at 09:03 pm
No need to believe the polls, people. Says who? Donald Trump says.
The Republican presidential nominee topped off a horrific few weeks in the spotlight by claiming that he will defy the polls just like Brexit did in the U.K.
They will soon be calling me MR. BREXIT!
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— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 18, 2016
Trump tweeted this just hours after a campaign surrogate made a fool of himself on CNN by repeatedly denying the existence of polls showing Trump was losing to Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. Michael Cohen, the Trump surrogate, kept asking, “Says who?” and finally, “Which polls?” until Brianna Keilar was forced to tell him, “All of them.
Trump is down by an average of 6 points and he’s losing several swing states to Clinton right now. The path to victory for Trump is looking very slim.
So now that “says who” was trending yesterday, we wake up this morning to Mr. Brexit.
Trump supported Brexit, which won in a referendum 52% to 48%.
But this isn’t a referendum and this isn’t the U.K. Furthermore, while early polling can be off and indeed all polling can be off for actual reasons, like pollsters who pretend African Americans won’t turn out for Obama and now for Clinton, polls when done well are an indication of where the race is heading.
There’s also the problem that all of the polls say the same thing.
Donald Trump looks at the polls that say he’s losing and announces that he’s winning. He’s Mr. Brexit!
Donald Trump is Mr. Brexit in more ways than one, not the least of which is that Trump hired the same “psychographic data” firm, Cambridge Analytica, which “is a marketing film that targets voters (and potential donors) based on their unconscious psychological biases.”
They are experts in exploiting fears and anxieties. The Daily Beast explained they “went after first-time voters and those who felt left out of the political process, the kinds of people that Trump was successful bringing to the polls in primary elections.â€
They’ve done work for Sen. Ted Cruz and Dr. Ben Carson, both of whom lost.
Trump is refusing to deal with reality and banking on his dark, gloomy message convincing more Americans that they should cater to their fears by putting a madman in charge of the red button.
Donald Trump just revealed his game plan and the justification for his delusion of winning in the face of reality. He’s counting on voters’ insecurity and fear blinding them to his incompetence and utter lack of fitness for the office.
What he doesn’t realize is the country is already aware of Trump’s plan and sees him coming. Most voters already know who Donald Trump is. And if that isn’t enough reason to question Trump’s plan, this kind of negative campaigning doesn’t go over as well in a run for the White House as it does for more localized elections.
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