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Trump officials leaked polling data to 'stop the madness' and as a 'cry for help'.
...Last week, leaked polling data from surveys conducted at the behest of the Trump campaign showed the president trailing several top Democratic 2020 candidates, with former Vice President Joe Biden beating the president in 11 states seen as key to victory. NBC News later reported on Sunday that the Trump campaign was cutting ties with several pollsters after the information leaked.
David Gregory, a political analyst for CNN, asked: "Why is it that this information gets leaked?"
"There are people in Trump world," Gregory continued, "who are thinking, you know, you've got to stop the madness. And we have to put this stuff out there. And I think that's a real problem for him and he knows that..."
David Gregory, a political analyst for CNN, asked: "Why is it that this information gets leaked?"
"There are people in Trump world," Gregory continued, "who are thinking, you know, you've got to stop the madness. And we have to put this stuff out there. And I think that's a real problem for him and he knows that..."
...But a poll conducted by Fox News earlier this month also showed the president trailing top 2020 Democratic candidates. Biden, according to the poll, would beat Trump by 10 percentage points if the election occurred now. Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont would win by 9 points. Senators Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Kamala Harris of California, as well as Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Indiana, would also narrowly defeat the president....
https://www.newsweek.com/cnn-panelists-trump-campaign-2020-polls-1444368
