MSNBC: Trump has no internal polling

[angrychair]

Marc Caputo, a Florida pollster for Politico, just stated that the Trump campaign has no internal polling as they have refused to pay their polling company and they owe that company over $800,000 dollars (updated to reflect numbers from Vanity Fair article - thanks Napi21). The campaign is almost completely relying on publicly available polls and only those that favor their position.

Edit to add Washington Post link about Pollster:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/post-politics/wp/2016/10/31/donald-trump-is-refusing-to-pay-his-campaign-pollster-nearly-three-quarters-of-a-million-dollars/

[Chichiri]

1. That's unlikely... Is there a link? nt

[tammywammy]

3. I agree unlikely, especially with Kellyann Conway as campaign manager.

[emulatorloo]

6. My guess is Bannon's running the campaign rather than Conway

She spends far too much time on cable shows to be doing the nitty gritty work of managing a campaign

[LiberalLovinLug]

16. That makes sense

Never thought about that before. But now that I do, you're right, she'd never have time to be able to go on show after show spewing her insane talking points.

I suspect they gave her the title of "Campaign Manager" as a way to give her more credibility when it is displayed under her image in her appearances in the media.

[angrychair]

8. Not for this person as it was just said on MSNBC

But their is this supporting evidence:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/post-politics/wp/2016/10/31/donald-trump-is-refusing-to-pay-his-campaign-pollster-nearly-three-quarters-of-a-million-dollars/

Caputo also stated that trump campaign has released no internal polling numbers in months.

[emulatorloo]

19. POLITICO reporter, link to a tweet here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12512588512

[vadermike]

2. Well

This is fucking hilarious I wonder how bad a shape they are in in reality

[adigal]

32. He probably got rid of his pollster cause he didn't like

The numbers he was seeing!!

[Motley13]

4. deadbeat don

[RandySF]

5. Caputo was wrong

He was referring to Trump's old pollster.

[angrychair]

10. Not according to my digging

Their had been no numbers from the campaign in months. There is still polling coming from the RNC (they pay their bills) but nothing working within campaign itself.
If you have something that says that is wrong than I will stand corrected...I have no problem being wrong I just haven't seen what you have I guess.

[emulatorloo]

20. Apparently not

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12512588512

https://twitter.com/FridaGhitis/status/794971824824188932

Frida Ghitis
Frida Ghitis – Verified account ‏@FridaGhitis

11:37 AM - 5 Nov 2016

Político writer tells MSNBC that Trump has stopped polling - because he refuses to pay his pollster. May explain campaigning in odd places.

[ericson00]

7. two words: ground game

Trump has none. If its a close night and he loses, that's why. Or if its wider than expected, ditto.

[Rose Siding]

24. All he ever had was yard signs

In our area, they're only on public medians and such, thank goodness. I always get a kick out of hearing how many Trump signs there are. That ALL they have.

I'd have crawled over broken glass to vote Dem but I didn't put up signs. There aren't any in yards around here.

[QED]

25. And those stupid hats

[Lindalouuu]

29. Same here with the yard signs

Only they really piss me off. A couple in my development which I turned into the HOA. They're gone. Made me happy. There are hundreds of them aong every public road here. What a moron. Do they really think that makes people vote for that lunatic candidate. I'm rambling but I get so pissed off by the signs...sorry

[ginnyinWI]

9. They probably didn't give him the "right" poll numbers

So naturally they don't deserve to get paid!

[bettyellen]

12. He stuffed his primary pollster, so likely is blackballed

[napi21]

13. Pollsters not paid doesn't appear to havr any connection to KellyAnn.

Republican pollster Tony Fabrizio, a veteran polling strategist, claims that the Trump campaign currently owes his firm $766,756.67 dollars for his work, as well as an additional $55,300 in debt, The Washington Post reports. This isn’t the first time that Trump has stiffed Fabrizio, either: according to Federal Election Commission filings, Trump previously failed to pay Fabrizio between May and September, when his firm finally received nearly $624,000.

Out of all the pollsters in the Republican orbit, it’s hard to imagine that Fabrizio would have done a poor job: the career pollster, an ally of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, has worked on several presidential campaigns, and previously architected Rick Scott’s win in the 2010 Florida gubernatorial election. When Fabrizio was hired in May, Politico surmised that Fabrizio’s experience with Scott, himself an outsider businessman, would translate to an affinity with Trump. But Fabrizio reportedly made enemies within Trump’s inner circle, clashing with Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, who said there was no need for focus-group testing, and with Trump himself, when he and Manafort reportedly chided the G.O.P. nominee for his self-defeating feud with the Khan family.
The Trump campaign did not tell the Post why it had not yet paid Fabrizio; spokesman Jason Miller described it as an “administrative issue that we’re resolving internally.” Other pollsters, including Kellyanne Conway, who was promoted to campaign manager this summer, have found favor with the mercurial billionaire. But Conway learned early on that to stay on Trump’s good side, or to maintain any control over him, you have to treat him like a child, finding the silver lining in every negative story in order to placate his fragile ego. Perhaps Fabrizio—whose job is to conduct the polling that currently shows Trump hurtling toward a resounding loss—confronted his boss with too much unvarnished truth.
http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/10/donald-trump-pollster-unpaid

I think the Con is dealing with the pollster the same way he deals with his contractors. Sign an agreement they pay 'em what you feel like paying when the job's done. If they're unhappy, they can sue!

[central scrutinizer]

22. "administrative issue that we’re resolving internally.”

Translation:"We're kiting a check right now."

[Vogon_Glory]

14. The Good Guys Will Probably Win This Time Around, But

I fear that the Donald's Presidential campaign will be shown to Tea-baggers and other little vipers as a prime example as to how NOT to run a presidential campaign. The bad hats will be better organized next time.

[C_U_L8R]

15. Trump also appears to have no rudder

Donnie will only pay for the most beautiful numbers.
The hugest numbers.
Not these loser numbers,

[Wellstone ruled]

17. Donnie does Bankruptcy

on November 9 th. Just beautiful.

[bucolic_frolic]

21. When you rely on instinct

and laugh off the ideology and status quo of your party, the opposition party, the
government, the military, and figure you can rig the election with operatives and
launch a coup d'etat, you need polls?

[superpatriotman]

23. He also lacks an internal monologue

with which to edit and govern which exits his noise hole

[Johnny2X2X]

26. They are stealing Hillary's

I guarantee they are stealing the Dems. Internal polling is everything, you need it to be able to properly allocate resources not just by state, but by county and even precinct. You have to know which of your voters you need to reach out to.

[bucolic_frolic]

30. Interesting idea

what makes you think they steal Democratic polls?

It wouldn't benefit the GOP GOTV much

[Sancho]

27. Trump only pays for good news!

If they want the money, they have to report that the Trumpette is winning.

[FSogol]

28. In his mind: number of hats sold = number of votes

[andym]

31. Makes sense, Trump operates pretty much independently of feedback

so polls are only useful tools for publicity to obtain his goal. You don't have to worry that Trump has any hope of being rational/scientific in his decisions.

[relayerbob]

33. Not surprised

Why would he bother, he chooses only to believe what he wants to believe

[Spitfire of ATJ]

35. Trump wants to keep all that lovely money for himself....

Watch him refuse to pay ANYONE because they preformed inadequately based on his loss.

[April Lee]

41. The Trump organization has a history of misinformation

They like implying things through back channels that are not true just to mess with the opposition and keep everybody off balance. They did this throughout the primaries.