A pollster warned President Donald Trump at a recent White House meeting that Republicans risk losing the midterm elections if they ignore voters' concerns about affordability and the economy.
Mark Mitchell, chief pollster at Rasmussen Reports, said Daily Caller he met with Trump to discuss polling data showing deep pessimism among Americans.
Trump was “receptive” enough to attend the meeting and ask questions, but Mitchell said the message didn't seem to get through.
Mitchell said only one in four Americans think today's children will be better off than their parents. “The death of the American dream,” Mitchell called it. “People think the capitalist system has failed them.” (RELATED: Trump Calls 'Affordability' a 'Democrat Scam')
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The pollster has a blunt message: Trump needs a Contract for America-style partnership with Republicans to show voters that the party understands your problems. Mitchell pointed to “corporatism, corporate takeover, corporate welfare, oligarchy” as the root causes of economic disillusionment.
He also criticized Trump as “totally tone-deaf” on several issues that have alienated his base, including ignoring accessibility issues, controversy over the Epstein files and defending H-1B visas with “talking points for billionaires.”
Mitchell's polling shows that 60 to 70 percent of voters under 40 believe the economy is unfair. young people. He warned that Trump's young voters have “very socialist” views and want the system to be “vigorously attacked.”
Trump's response left Mitchell in limbo. “It was a Trump-esque conversation, but I didn’t think it turned out the way I had hoped,” Mitchell said.
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