Trump team urged to get out of their right-wing media echo chamber to reach 2026 voters
Transparency shouldn't be controversial.
Welcome to Thursday’s edition of Washington Secrets. Today, we have the polling numbers that show where Republicans will be fighting the midterm elections, we reveal where Marjorie Taylor Greene will be when Donald Trump arrives in her hometown, how the BBC is turning the page on the president, and what Laura Branigan’s “Gloria” says about peace in the Middle East (or something)…
Republicans have to get out of their right-wing media comfort zone if they are to put up a decent showing in midterm elections this year, according to a top ally of President Donald Trump.
The message has been delivered at a string of Republican retreats over the past two weeks, when White House officials have urged campaign strategists to look beyond regular media outlets and use podcasts and streaming shows to get the word out.
And John McLaughlin, a pollster who has advised Trump since 2011, told Secrets that the idea is based on surveys that show the elections will be won and lost among voters who do not watch cable news.
“They’ll decide the election,” he said. “You have to get out from our comfort zones and our echo chambers.”
Members of Trump’s Cabinet and senior White House officials, led by chief of staff Susie Wiles, gathered at the Capitol Hill Club on Tuesday evening.
Over a chicken-and-steak buffet, they discussed how to sell the President’s agenda and bolster Republican midterm campaigns.
It echoed a retreat for senators in Palm Beach, Florida, last week and a recent meeting for House Republicans as the White House turns its attention to November’s elections.
HERE ARE THE DATES TO KNOW FOR THE 2026 MIDTERM ELECTIONS
McLaughlin was not present on Tuesday, but Secrets’s sources said some of his recent polling fed into data presentations and recommendations that candidates and surrogates prioritize appearances on podcasts and streaming shows.
He shared data from a poll of 1,000 general election voters from the end of January.
It gave Democrats a two-point lead over Republicans (46% to 44%) as they weigh their party preference. Not surprisingly, 75% of right-wing cable viewers, who watch Fox News and Newsmax, preferred the GOP, while 71% of left-wing cable viewers preferred the Democrats.
But almost a third of respondents said they did not watch cable news at all. They tended to break 33% Republican and 51% Democratic.
McLaughlin said that was where the battle would be fought, among the big chunk of undecideds.
The 2024 Trump campaign should be the model …
Transparency shouldn't be controversial.
Welcome to Thursday’s edition of Washington Secrets. Today, we have the polling numbers that show where Republicans will be fighting the midterm elections, we reveal where Marjorie Taylor Greene will be when Donald Trump arrives in her hometown, how the BBC is turning the page on the president, and what Laura Branigan’s “Gloria” says about peace in the Middle East (or something)…
Republicans have to get out of their right-wing media comfort zone if they are to put up a decent showing in midterm elections this year, according to a top ally of President Donald Trump.
The message has been delivered at a string of Republican retreats over the past two weeks, when White House officials have urged campaign strategists to look beyond regular media outlets and use podcasts and streaming shows to get the word out.
And John McLaughlin, a pollster who has advised Trump since 2011, told Secrets that the idea is based on surveys that show the elections will be won and lost among voters who do not watch cable news.
“They’ll decide the election,” he said. “You have to get out from our comfort zones and our echo chambers.”
Members of Trump’s Cabinet and senior White House officials, led by chief of staff Susie Wiles, gathered at the Capitol Hill Club on Tuesday evening.
Over a chicken-and-steak buffet, they discussed how to sell the President’s agenda and bolster Republican midterm campaigns.
It echoed a retreat for senators in Palm Beach, Florida, last week and a recent meeting for House Republicans as the White House turns its attention to November’s elections.
HERE ARE THE DATES TO KNOW FOR THE 2026 MIDTERM ELECTIONS
McLaughlin was not present on Tuesday, but Secrets’s sources said some of his recent polling fed into data presentations and recommendations that candidates and surrogates prioritize appearances on podcasts and streaming shows.
He shared data from a poll of 1,000 general election voters from the end of January.
It gave Democrats a two-point lead over Republicans (46% to 44%) as they weigh their party preference. Not surprisingly, 75% of right-wing cable viewers, who watch Fox News and Newsmax, preferred the GOP, while 71% of left-wing cable viewers preferred the Democrats.
But almost a third of respondents said they did not watch cable news at all. They tended to break 33% Republican and 51% Democratic.
McLaughlin said that was where the battle would be fought, among the big chunk of undecideds.
The 2024 Trump campaign should be the model …
Trump team urged to get out of their right-wing media echo chamber to reach 2026 voters
Transparency shouldn't be controversial.
Welcome to Thursday’s edition of Washington Secrets. Today, we have the polling numbers that show where Republicans will be fighting the midterm elections, we reveal where Marjorie Taylor Greene will be when Donald Trump arrives in her hometown, how the BBC is turning the page on the president, and what Laura Branigan’s “Gloria” says about peace in the Middle East (or something)…
Republicans have to get out of their right-wing media comfort zone if they are to put up a decent showing in midterm elections this year, according to a top ally of President Donald Trump.
The message has been delivered at a string of Republican retreats over the past two weeks, when White House officials have urged campaign strategists to look beyond regular media outlets and use podcasts and streaming shows to get the word out.
And John McLaughlin, a pollster who has advised Trump since 2011, told Secrets that the idea is based on surveys that show the elections will be won and lost among voters who do not watch cable news.
“They’ll decide the election,” he said. “You have to get out from our comfort zones and our echo chambers.”
Members of Trump’s Cabinet and senior White House officials, led by chief of staff Susie Wiles, gathered at the Capitol Hill Club on Tuesday evening.
Over a chicken-and-steak buffet, they discussed how to sell the President’s agenda and bolster Republican midterm campaigns.
It echoed a retreat for senators in Palm Beach, Florida, last week and a recent meeting for House Republicans as the White House turns its attention to November’s elections.
HERE ARE THE DATES TO KNOW FOR THE 2026 MIDTERM ELECTIONS
McLaughlin was not present on Tuesday, but Secrets’s sources said some of his recent polling fed into data presentations and recommendations that candidates and surrogates prioritize appearances on podcasts and streaming shows.
He shared data from a poll of 1,000 general election voters from the end of January.
It gave Democrats a two-point lead over Republicans (46% to 44%) as they weigh their party preference. Not surprisingly, 75% of right-wing cable viewers, who watch Fox News and Newsmax, preferred the GOP, while 71% of left-wing cable viewers preferred the Democrats.
But almost a third of respondents said they did not watch cable news at all. They tended to break 33% Republican and 51% Democratic.
McLaughlin said that was where the battle would be fought, among the big chunk of undecideds.
The 2024 Trump campaign should be the model …
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