The Trump campaign insists the president is doing better with seniors as Election Day grows closer. Pollster Brock McCleary said Monday during a call for Trump campaign staff that the president’s internal polling numbers are “on the rise” with older voters in Florida after recent efforts to reach out to seniors.
McCleary said he found a 19% increase in support among seniors for Trump in the Tampa media market “that has put our numbers on terrific footing.” On a different call on Oct. 12, with reporters, Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien acknowledged that seniors were a weak point but said a new commercial attacking the 77-year-old Biden as a threat to safety net programs in Florida and other swing states would be effective.
“It’s been tested. It tests off the charts. Messaging that seniors want to see, and is being delivered to them,” he told a reporter. “Whatever perceived slippage you’re seeing in your numbers among seniors, I’m absolutely certain that it will be addressed.”
McCleary said he found a 19% increase in support among seniors for Trump in the Tampa media market “that has put our numbers on terrific footing.” On a different call on Oct. 12, with reporters, Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien acknowledged that seniors were a weak point but said a new commercial attacking the 77-year-old Biden as a threat to safety net programs in Florida and other swing states would be effective.
“It’s been tested. It tests off the charts. Messaging that seniors want to see, and is being delivered to them,” he told a reporter. “Whatever perceived slippage you’re seeing in your numbers among seniors, I’m absolutely certain that it will be addressed.”
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by Francesca Chambers |Miami Herald | October 21, 2020