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'Friendly crowd': Here are 5 takeaways from Fox News' Trump townhall

Sep 05, 2024 View Original Article
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    -20% Somewhat Liberal

  • Reliability

    65% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    -14% Somewhat Liberal

  • Politician Portrayal

    10% Positive

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

82% : "Samuels continues, "'Nice crowd,' Trump remarked with a smile as he sat down at the start of the event.
54% : "The journalist stresses that Pennsylvania is a high priority for both Trump and Harris.READ MORE: Deep-red states meet 'wall of hostility' in forcing Christian nationalism on public schools"Wednesday marked Trump's second time in Pennsylvania in the past week, following his rally in Johnstown last Friday," Samuels explains.
45% : The raucous environment reflects the kind of crowd Trump may have hoped for when he first proposed holding a debate with Harris with a full studio audience.
40% : "Samuels notes that Trump "thrives off of the energy of the crowd, something his Democratic opponents sought to deprive him of in insisting the general election debates be held without an audience.
30% : Samuels' takeaways are: (1) "a focus on fracking," (2) "Trump blasts ABC ahead of debate," (3) "Trump returns to pivotal Pennsylvania," (4) "Trump basks in a friendly crowd," and (5) "Trump's fixation on 'weird.'"READ MORE:Walz's pro-Trump brother drops public criticism -- thanks to family invention"The audience for Wednesday's town hall could have easily been mistaken for that of a Trump rally," Samuels observes.

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