COLLINS: The thing that we’ve been hearing is Tim Walz leading the charge, calling Trump and Vance, weird. And that’s been this thing. Vance was asked about it by Dana Bash, yesterday, and he was saying, that they were projecting.
Is it sticking with voters? Or is it kind of something that just we are talking about? How do voters see it?
ENTEN: Yes, I’m not the puppet, you’re the puppet, right? That’s what Donald Trump is trying to argue.
But there was this fascinating poll question that was asked by Ipsos. Essentially, who would — who does “Weird” better describe? Either Kamala Harris or Donald Trump? And unfortunately, for the Republican nominee, more voters said it better describe Donald Trump than Kamala Harris, by a double-digit margin.
And that, of course, just goes along with what we’ve been seeing in the Google searches, which is weird has been climbing, and it’s been associated with the Republican vice presidential nominee, the Republican Party, and the Make America Great Again movement. It is an attack that — a rare attack that actually seems to be sticking, and has truly entered the zeitgeist.
COLLINS: So it’s working?
ENTEN: It’s working. There is no doubt that it is working. And the way you know it’s working is because J.D. Vance and Donald Trump continue to try deflecting it. They bring it up. They try and say that the Democratic ticket is weird.
And the fact is, as they — Donald Trump does not like getting called anything that’s negative, and he especially doesn’t like being called weird.
COLLINS: Yes. Well, and the other part of this is that Harris has not done a major interview yet or a press conference. She’s taking questions outside of Air Force Two. But this is something that we hear. I mean, Vance said it every — every point he was asked yesterday, he kind of turned back to–
ENTEN: Yes.
COLLINS: –to her lack of an interview.
When it comes to what voters, how they view this, what do they — what are they looking at going into the convention in terms of, of Harris’ view, the fact that they haven’t heard from her, specifically on immigration, on the economy, on these big issues?
ENTEN: Right. I mean, look, I think one of the advantages Kamala Harris has going for, at this particular point, is she can kind of be everything to everybody, because she hasn’t been well-defined yet.
Interestingly enough, in those New York Times-Siena College polls, what we saw is, do you have a clear vision for America? We do see that more Americans, the clear majority, 60 percent say Trump. Fewer say that for Kamala Harris. But it’s still 53 percent. It’s still a majority. Despite the fact that she’s only been on the campaign trail for a limited time.
So, this is an issue on which Donald Trump has an edge. It’s something for Harris to work on. But it’s not, perhaps the deep hole you might expect it to be.
COLLINS: And you’re not Daniel Dale. But on Trump’s claim that pollsters are changing their methods?
ENTEN: This is complete garbage, all right? This is — now you’ve gotten me angry here. You’ve gotten me angry. Jovial Harry has become Angry Harry. Because the fact is, Joe Biden complained about the polls that when they were bad for him. Now, Donald Trump is complaining about the polls when they’re bad for him.
The pollsters haven’t changed their methods. What has happened is the voters have changed their views.
COLLINS: Someone who tracks polling is sticking up for polling.
ENTEN: I stick up for polling. That’s what I am. Harry Enten, a person who sticks up for polling.
COLLINS: And big polling. OK, Harry Enten, thank you for that.
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