Frank Luntz Declares That Trump ‘Clearly’ Has the Momentum Going Into Election Day: ‘Reminds Me So Much of 2016’

Pollster and communications strategist Frank Luntz argued that Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump “clearly” has the momentum going into the home stretch of the 2024 election cycle on Thursday, telling CNN that the race between Trump and Kamala Harris resembles the 2016 election.

Anchor Sara Sidner kicked off the segment by noting that Luntz has argued “that [Joe] Biden may have tanked Harris’s chances of becoming the president because of his comments about Trump voters being trash.”

“But she’s [Harris] also come out and said, ‘No, no, no, I’m going to give people a seat at the table and not call them the enemy within.’ Why do you argue that this might be the big issue?” she asked.

“Because it reminds me so much of 2016. And I think there are a lot of similarities right now between this campaign and that campaign. The divisions in the country were significant back then, people didn’t think Trump had a chance back then,” began Luntz. “He’s been gaining and gaining the momentum. I don’t know who’s going to win. I can’t call it, and nobody should because statistically and polling and focus groups, it is way too close to call. However, the momentum is clearly — in what I see and what I hear — is in his favor.”

“And so every word, every phrase, every misstep, every gaffe matters as those last remaining persuadables make their decision. I don’t believe in the undecided anymore. I don’t believe there is undecided. I think the only question is, can you be-, do you actually come out and vote if you don’t like either candidate? Because that is the vast majority of persuadables,” he continued. “People who don’t like Trump’s attitude, don’t like his persona, people who aren’t still sure what Harris will do in the first day, first week, first month, first year.”

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