Presidential Candidates’ Microphones to Be Muted in Parts of Final Debate
Mr. Trump made the preliminary remarks on Monday throughout about 30 minutes he spent speaking with marketing campaign staffers. Mr. Stepien and pollster Brock McCleary additionally spoke on the decision. Presidential Candidates’ Microphones to Be Muted in Parts of Final Debate by Michael C. Bender and Catherine Lucey |The Wall Street Journal | October 20, 2020
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“I’m skeptical of the idea that if Biden were to prevail that somehow that would trigger a reimagining of the Republican Party in the aftermath,” said Brock McCleary, a Harrisburg-based pollster whose political practice specializes in working for GOP campaigns and candidates.
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“I’m skeptical of the idea that if Biden were to prevail that somehow that would trigger a reimagining of the Republican Party in the aftermath,” said Brock McCleary, a Harrisburg-based pollster whose political practice specializes in working for GOP campaigns and candidates.
Read MoreCould Pennsylvania be the deciding factor in this year’s election? Experts weigh in.
McCleary is Vice President of Cygnal, a republican polling and research firm “Y’know, Biden is presently leading,” McCleary said. But he also said that lead is narrowing, and both sides continue to fight for the State’s all important 20 electoral votes. Joe Biden spending $15 million in television advertising in Pennsylvania from the beginning of […]
Read MoreAfter what happened in 2016, should you believe 2020 polls?
“A lot of lower-educated voters showed up because of the populism of Trump,” said Brock McCleary, a Republican pollster who conducts the Civitas Poll for the conservative-leaning Civitas Institute in Raleigh. Republican pollster McCleary said he’ll be asking parents of school-age children whether frustrations related to this “experiment with learning” will perhaps drive more of […]
Read MoreNH Primary Source: Mowers internal poll shows him in strong position early in GOP primary contest
Republican 1st District U.S. House candidate Matt Mowers’ campaign has been conducting polling, and while it’s being challenged as an illegal push poll by an activist supporting Mowers’ Republican primary opponent, the results show him in a strong early position in the primary race. Early in the poll, conducted by Harper Polling, participants are asked straight […]
Read MoreCoronavirus pandemic muddies election and opinion polling
The polling and public opinion research industry has had to delay or alter the way it works amid stay-at-home orders and social distancing measures. Brock McCleary, president of Harper Polling, said he’s confident that polls will still be conducted — he’s working on a few himself — but voter behavior will get more mysterious. Pollsters […]
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