Frank Luntz said on Saturday that the former president is struggling with women for three reasons, including his personal attacks against Kamala Harris.
Republican pollster Frank Luntz said on Saturday that former President Donald Trump faces a gender « chasm » when it comes to women voters compared to Vice President Kamala Harris.
In an interview with CNN’s Michael Smerconish on Saturday morning, Luntz was presented with several polls that demonstrated what the host called a « gender gap » between Harris and Trump.
Smerconish showed Luntz a recent national Fox News poll, conducted between August 9 to 12, that showed a 22-point gender gap between Harris and Trump, with the former president plus-12 with men and Harris plus-10 with women.
Harris replaced President Joe Biden as the Democrats’ presumptive presidential nominee after he announced he was stepping aside from the race and gave Harris his endorsement on July 21.
Boosted by women and younger voters, Harris is ahead of Trump, the Republican nominee, in five out of seven battleground states, according to new polling averages in the Silver Bulletin.
Addressing the recent polling averages, Luntz said the gap between Harris and Trump with women voters resembled a « chasm. »
« Trump is actively going out of his way and insulting his way.and it’s not a [gender] gap, it’s a chasm. We’ve never seen this before. I actually believe that there are going to be divorces because of the battle between them », the GOP pollster said.
Newsweek has emailed Harris’ and Trump’s campaigns on Saturday afternoon for comment.
