LAW AND ORDER IS KEEPING THINGS
SAFE.
THAT WAS AT THE HEART OF
YESTERDAY’S VISIT, JOE.
>> WELL, AND THEN THERE’S THIS.
A FEW NEW NATIONAL POLLS OUT
THIS MORNING.
THE USC/DORNSIFE TRACKING POLL
FINDS JOE BIDEN WITH A TEN-POINT
LEAD ON PRESIDENT TRUMP,
52%-42%.
LATEST "USA TODAY"/SUFFOLK
UNIVERSITY POLL FINDS BIDEN
LEADING TRUMP BY SEVEN POINTS
NATIONALLY, 50%-43%.
THAT LEAD HAS NARROWED FROM THE
12-POINT EDGE, THE FORMER VICE
PRESIDENT HELD IN JUNE.
AND THEN THERE’S THIS NEW
POLLING OUT THIS MORNING FROM
GRINNELL COLLEGE, CONDUCTED BY
WELL-KNOWN POLLSTER OF "THE DES
MOINES REGISTER," WHICH FINDS
THAT BIDEN HOLDS AN EIGHT-POINT
LEAD OVER TRUMP NATIONALLY,
49%-41%.
LET’S TAKE A DEEPER LOOK INTO
THE NUMBERS IN THAT GRINNELL
POLL, WHICH FINDS THAT PRESIDENT
TRUMP’S STRATEGY OF ATTACKING
THE SUBURBS DOESN’T APPEAR TO BE
WORKING.
IT’S WHAT YOU WERE SAYING
YESTERDAY, JOE.
LOOKING AT SEVERAL KEY
DEMOGRAPHICS, BIDEN HOLDS A
22-POINT LEAD AMONG WOMEN, WHILE
PRESIDENT TRUMP HOLDS FAVOR
AMONG MEN BY SIX POINTS.
BIDEN IS ALSO UP WITH SUBURBAN
WOMEN BY 33%, AMONG SUBURBAN
AMERICANS BY 23 POINTS, AND
AMONG URBAN AMERICANS BY 26
POINTS.
BIDEN ALSO HOLDS SUBSTANTIAL
LEADS AMONG ALL AMERICANS UNDER
THE AGE OF 55.
TRUMP IS LEADING AMONG THOSE AGE
55 AND ABOVE.
WHEN LOOKING AT PRESIDENT
TRUMP’S HANDLING OF KEY ISSUES
FACING OUR NATION TODAY, JUST
39% APPROVE OF HIS HANDLING OF
THE CORONAVIRUS.
55% DISAPPROVE.
39% ALSO APPROVE OF HIS HANDLING
OF RACE RELATIONS.
49% DISAPPROVE.
AND 52% APPROVE OF HIS HANDLING
OF THE ECONOMY.
41% DISAPPROVE.
>> SO, JIM VANDEHEI, OBVIOUSLY,
YOU’RE A WISCONSIN NATIVE.
GIVE US ANY INSIGHTS THAT YOU
HAVE OF WHAT’S GOING ON UP
THERE.
BUT ALSO, LOOK AT ANN SELTZER’S
LATEST POLL.
WE’VE BEEN SAYING IT FOR SOME
TIME.
IT’S FASCINATING.
DONALD TRUMP THINKS HE CAN TALK
ABOUT SUBURBIA AND THE GREAT
AMERICAN DREAM AND TALK ABOUT
TRYING TO KEEP LOW-INCOME PEOPLE
OUT OF NEIGHBORHOODS BECAUSE
CRIME WOULD GO UP.
AND THE WOMEN, OH, THE WOMEN --
>> WE’VE GOT TO PROTECT OUR
WOMEN.
>> WORRYING ABOUT WOMEN’S SAFETY
WHEN LOW-INCOME PEOPLE COME IN.
IT’S ALL VERY RACIALLY TINGED.
AND HE THINKS THIS 1953 APPEAL
TO WHITE SUBURBAN VOTERS IS
GOING TO WORK.
IT JUST, PREDICTABLY, SEEMS TO
BE BACKFIRING BECAUSE IT’S WHY
WHITE SUBURBAN VOTERS STARTED
RUNNING AWAY FROM HIM, YOU KNOW,
AFTER CHARLOTTESVILLE.
>> YEAH.
SO, REALLY INTERESTING THOUGHT
EXPERIMENT THAT I DID ON SUNDAY.
I WENT INTO, LIKE -- BASICALLY,
I DO TRULY NOW BELIEVE WE HAVE
LIKE A TRIBAL WORLD WHERE WE
LIVE IN DIFFERENT BUBBLES.
SO I WENT INTO THE TRUMP BUBBLE.
I LISTENED TO BEN SHAPIRO.
I LISTENED TO A TAPE OF RUSH
LIMBAUGH.
I LOOKED AT THE TOP TRENDING
STORIES ON FACEBOOK, ALL OF THEM
FROM RIGHT-WING SITES, AND
WATCHED FOX NEWS.
IT’S NOT JUST DONALD TRUMP WHO’S
TALKING ABOUT THIS.
THIS IS ALL THAT THE
INFRASTRUCTURE OF SORT OF THE
MODERN REPUBLICAN PARTY IS
TALKING ABOUT THIS.
YOU WOULD THINK THAT EVERY CITY
IS ON FIRE, THAT EVERY CITY IS
BEING LOOTED, THAT DONALD TRUMP
IS THE ONE MAN WHO STANDS UP FOR
LAW ENFORCEMENT.
AND THEIR BELIEF IS -- AND I DO
THINK YOU’RE RIGHT -- THEIR
BELIEF IS THAT, EVENTUALLY, THAT
WILL GET PEOPLE, EVEN IF THEY
WON’T TELL A POLLSTER, GET THEM
TO VOTE FOR DONALD TRUMP BECAUSE
THEY WILL BE SCARED STIFF BY
ELECTION DAY.
I HAVE NO IDEA IF IT WILL WORK,
BUT THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT THIS
IS NOT JUST DONALD TRUMP
ANYMORE.
IT IS THE ENTIRE INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND I THINK IT’S AN
INFRASTRUCTURE THAT MOST PEOPLE
IN THE MEDIA DON’T PAY THAT MUCH
ATTENTION TO, SO THEY DON’T
REALIZE THE IMPLICATION OF THAT.
AND IT WORKS BOTH WAYS.
A LOT OF THE CONSPIRACY THEORIES
HE WAS TALKING ABOUT IN THAT FOX
NEWS INTERVIEW, THEY’RE POLLED
FROM SOME OF THE TOP TRENDING
ITEMS THAT MOVE ON FACEBOOK.
AND SO, THERE WAS A GREAT PIECE
THAT EVERYBODY SHOULD READ THAT
WAS IN "THE NEW YORK TIMES" LAST
WEEK ABOUT UNDERSTANDING
FACEBOOK.
IF YOU PUT YOUR HEAD INSIDE THE
FACEBOOK MACHINE, MOST OF THE
STORIES THAT TRAVEL AND GET THE
WIDEST AUDIENCE TEND TO COME
FROM BEN SHAPIRO, FRANKLIN
GRAHAM, BREITBART, SITES AND
PEOPLE THAT MOST AMERICANS
AREN’T PAYING ATTENTION TO, BUT
PEOPLE ON FACEBOOK ARE, AND THAT
IS THE TRUMP BASE.
AND NOW THE QUESTION IS, OVER
THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS, DO WE
START TO SEE THOSE POLLS MOVE,
PRIVATE POLLS OR PUBLIC POLLS?
SO FAR, WE DON’T.
AND I THINK YOU’RE RIGHT, SO
FAR, YOU’RE NOT SEEING SUCCESS
IN THAT STRATEGY.
BUT IF YOU’RE DONALD TRUMP, AND
THE HAND YOU HAVE TO PLAY IS, I
CAN DEAL WITH THE CORONAVIRUS
WHERE WE HAVE 180,000 DEATHS.
WE’RE NOT MAKING THAT MUCH
PROGRESS IN BEING ABLE TO CURE
IT AND THERE’S A LOT OF ECONOMIC
DEVASTATION THAT’S FLOWING FROM
IT.
I COULD TALK ABOUT THAT, OR I
COULD GO TO KENOSHA AND I COULD
SAY I’M THE LAW ENFORCEMENT GUY.
FROM A POLITICAL STANDPOINT,
