With the 2024 presidential election now less than a week away, Republicans are growing more anxious as they see that their candidate, Donald Trump, is more unpopular than ever and dropping precipitously in the campaign’s latest internal polls.
That’s the word from GOP political strategist Margaret Hoover, who shared her thoughts on the final days of the 2024 race with CNN’s Kaitlan Collins.
“I think if you’re the Trump campaign, you’re not looking at CNN’s numbers. You’re looking at your own internals.”
“And I honestly think — I think their internals are actually giving them pause,” Hoover added. “They do have a lot of resources for polling, more than … media companies have, and they’re probably seeing the same things that you guys are talking about, which is that there is real groundswell in the early vote.”
“There is real enthusiasm, which is hard to measure,” she noted. “I have heard from Republicans that there is concern at the Trump campaign — amongst the operatives that actually really do know the political wherewithal — that the turnout and enthusiasm numbers aren’t where they need to be.”
But perhaps the most troubling numbers for Trump’s flagging campaign can be found in the early vote breakdowns by demographic group, with women casting more ballots than their male counterparts. Considering that abortion is the biggest issue before voters, that doesn’t bode well for Trump or Republicans who are on the ballot with him.
Given what we know so far statistically, this election could easily turn into a Blue wave.
