Harry Enten Quotes

Harry Enten

Profession : Journalist

Birth : March 1, 1988

My uncle is Neil Sedaka.

Harry Enten

Election polling can be used to help understand which issues matter to people, which can in turn help us understand why someone gets elected.

Harry Enten

Republicans in New York City and candidates nationwide found success in the 1980s and 1990s by promising to crack down on 'hoodlums.'

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The main question when looking at a poll is whether or not the numbers accurately reflect the current state of the country. Methodology is important, but without accuracy, methodology is rather useless.

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One fascinating element of the Biden presidency has been how Americans still seem to be entranced with Trump, even though he is no longer president. I've long pointed out that more people search for Trump than Biden on Google.

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Those that know me understand that I hate any turn of the phrase 'permanent majority.' I almost always believe that there are larger, mostly uncontrollable, factors at play such as the state of the economy for national elections that have a greater influence in determining the outcome.

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Is a song a hit if it is trending on YouTube? What if it becomes associated with a Tik-Tok meme? The idea of radio plays and selling songs just doesn't hold the same water as it used to.

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The power of incumbency is strong enough to deter most challengers.

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Trump has continually been weakest among party moderates.

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For people who write about electoral, or 'horse race,' politics, few things are more enjoyable than an exciting presidential primary season.

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Neither Marianne Williamson nor Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has ever held elected office. Williamson gained no traction during her 2020 presidential bid. Kennedy pushes debunked conspiracy theories about vaccine safety and is seeking votes from an electorate that is overwhelmingly vaccinated against Covid-19.

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The importance of endorsements should not be understated. The party apparatus uniting behind one candidate can often be key in turning a race around.

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The failure of the GOP establishment to back a single Trump alternative in 2016 was part of the reason he was able to win the nomination. Elected Republican officials were split on whom they wanted to be the nominee, and Trump was able to take advantage of this divided field.

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Incumbents rarely face major primary challengers. Those who even get one do so because they're not beloved within at least part of their party.

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Martin Luther King Jr. was a civil rights leader and an American hero.

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Neither Warnock nor Ossoff would be in the Senate without Black voters.

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Trump wasn't the only candidate polling in the single digits early on to later win his party's nod. George McGovern in 1972, Carter in 1976, Michael Dukakis in 1988 and Bill Clinton in 1992 all barely registered in the national polls in the January to June period before the primaries began.

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State of the Union addresses are supposed to be a high mark of sorts for a president. The president has the nation's attention as he describes his accomplishments and agenda going forward.

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No president has ever faced any real challenge for renomination when his approval rating among his own party was above 75%.

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There was not a single poll in 2019 or 2020 that met CNN's standards for publication in which more respondents said they preferred Trump over Biden to be the next president.

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