President Donald Trump absolutely dominated Joe Biden during the second and final presidential debate, according to pollster Frank Luntz’ focus group of undecided voters from swing states.
WATCH:
After the debate was over, Luntz asked 13 undecided voters that are currently registered to vote in one of 13 swing states and self-described as “possible” Biden or Trump voters who they would vote for if the election were held today.
Nine raised their hands for Trump.
Only one raised their hand for Joe Biden.
Every single person raised their hand to say Trump is better on the economy.
Frank Luntz' post-debate focus group of nominally undecideds. Q: Who best on the economy – raise hands for Trump. Every single one. Interesting expressions on some of the faces though. This section starts @ 59:50
Good focus group overall. https://t.co/svXHqfvlPl pic.twitter.com/TQeUTbzhJk— Barry Johnson (@MplsBarry) October 23, 2020
The focus group said they don’t care about Trump’s (illegally leaked) taxes and “it’s not enough for Biden to be anti-Trump.”
My focus group’s words to describe Trump tonight:
• “Controlled”
• “Reserved”
• “Poised”
• “Con artist”
• “Surprisingly presidential”Words to describe Biden tonight:
• “Vague”
• “Unspecific”
• “Elusive”
• “Defensive”
• “Grandfatherly”
https://t.co/LOOQDLAjoT pic.twitter.com/qa54f6F94S
— Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) October 23, 2020
“People running for office have to tell you what they plan to do and how they’re going to do it.
I thought Joe Biden would tell us tonight, but there was nothing there.” #Debates2020
— Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) October 23, 2020
This must have been devastating to Luntz, who earlier this week tried to make himself the story by claiming the Trump campaign was the “worst ever” in history and his advisors have “their heads up their asses” if they think Hunter Biden’s dealings are a winning issue for them.
ANOTHER EXPERT THAT IS NEVER RIGHT….
Frank Luntz Calls Trump Campaign ‘Worst Ever‘; Said the Same in 2016 https://t.co/ly45ArfLdX via @BreitbartNews— Chuck Woolery (@chuckwoolery) October 21, 2020
“Nobody cares about Hunter Biden … why is [Trump] spending all his time on him?” Luntz said.
“Hunter Biden does not help put food on the table. Hunter Biden does not help anyone get a job. Hunter Biden does not provide health care or solve COVID. And Donald Trump spends all of his time focused on that and nobody cares.”
“If Donald Trump doesn’t score a knockout [in the final debate] then there’s not enough campaigning or mindshare to give him a chance to catch Joe Biden,” Luntz said.
As I said in my debate write-up, Trump delivered in spades.
Though Luntz tweeted all about his focus group on Thursday night, he failed to mention they said they’d vote Trump over Biden 9-1.
Incidentally, Luntz himself was drawn into the Hunter Biden story after Steve Bannon’s crew leaked one of his emails to Hunter.
I’m not sure what the bombshell is here.
• I’ve known the Bidens since I taught Beau at UPenn in the early 90s.
• I’ve also dined in the Oval Office and ridden on Air Force 1 with President Trump.
• I’ve mentioned both of these things before: https://t.co/7GTtSc5h4A https://t.co/FuacBdNmjH
— Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) October 22, 2020
His response appeared to confirm the emails’ authenticity.