{"id":2643800,"date":"2026-08-12T17:59:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T21:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pollster-frank-luntz-calls-for-total-and-complete-shutdown-of-primary-polling-after-another-shocker\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T18:08:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T22:08:56","slug":"pollster-frank-luntz-calls-for-total-and-complete-shutdown-of-primary-polling-after-another-shocker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pollster-frank-luntz-calls-for-total-and-complete-shutdown-of-primary-polling-after-another-shocker\/","title":{"rendered":"Pollster Frank Luntz Calls for &#8216;Total and Complete Shutdown of Primary Polling&#8217; After Another Shocker"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpollster-frank-luntz-calls-for-total-and-complete-shutdown-of-primary-polling-after-another-shocker%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2643800&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article addresses concerns about the declining credibility of polling in the United States, especially after recent surprising primary election results in the Midwest.Prominent pollster Frank Luntz has called for a halt to primary polling in the region until the discrepancies can be understood, drawing a parallel to former President Trump&#8217;s controversial 2015 call for a Muslim travel ban. Recent election outcomes, such as Democrat Francesca Hong&#8217;s narrow defeat in Wisconsin despite polling showing her as a clear favorite, and Abdul El-Sayed&#8217;s close win despite being heavily favored, have perplexed pollsters like Nate Silver and Harry enten. Some attribute these anomalies to overestimations of socialist support within the Democratic Party or intentional biases favoring establishment Democrats. Historical examples, like the 2020 Ohio presidential race where polls underestimated Trump\u2019s actual victory, demonstrate that polling inaccuracies are not new. trust in polling and other institutions remains fragile amid these unpredictable results.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Like many other American institutions, the polling industry in recent years has suffered serious blows to its credibility.<\/p>\n<p>Now, in the wake of unexpected Democratic primary results, veteran pollster Frank Luntz has demanded a polling moratorium \u2014 sort of.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am calling for a total and complete shutdown of primary polling in the Midwestern United States until we can figure out what the hell is going on,\u201d Luntz wrote early Wednesday on the social media platform X.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I am calling for a total and complete shutdown of primary polling in the Midwestern United States until we can figure out what the hell is going on. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Wm6TwTuaUG\">https:\/\/t.co\/Wm6TwTuaUG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FrankLuntz\/status\/2087422376690798761?\">August 12, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In December 2015, then-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump called for \u201ca total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country\u2019s representatives can figure out what is going on,\u201d according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2015\/12\/07\/458836388\/trump-calls-for-total-and-complete-shutdown-of-muslims-entering-u-s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NPR<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Luntz, therefore, borrowed Trump\u2019s language to make a serious point, albeit in a somewhat exaggerated and tongue-in-cheek manner.<\/p>\n<p>The veteran pollster pointed to the Midwest, of course, because his colleagues have not exactly covered themselves in glory there.<\/p>\n<p>Specifically, on Tuesday, Democratic Socialist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fitting-hilarious-crazy-socialist-francesca-hong-loses-wisconsin-dem-gov-guy-re-entered-race-weeks-ago-wife-saw-bird\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Francesca Hong<\/a> suffered a narrow defeat in Wisconsin\u2019s Democratic gubernatorial primary, despite recent polls showing her with leads ranging from 18 to as high as 29 points.<\/p>\n<p>Likewise, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/politics\/elections\/pollsters-predicted-a-blowout-in-michigan-primary-they-were-wrong-58d9e818?st=2aesRy&#038;reflink=desktopweb_permalink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Wall Street Journal<\/a>, Democratic U.S. Senate nominee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/large-jewish-dem-donors-back-republican-mike-rogers-el-sayed-wins-dem-primary-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abdul El-Sayed<\/a>, a progressive endorsed by the likes of socialist independent Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bernie-sanders-tells-james-carville-kick-rocks-start-party-doesnt-like-socialism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bernie Sanders<\/a> of Vermont, squeaked out a primary victory of less than one percentage point last week, notwithstanding polls that showed him leading by as much as 19 points.<\/p>\n<p>Luntz had company among perplexed pollsters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHong might come back, but wtf is up with these primary polls?\u201d pollster Nate Silver wrote on X Tuesday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Hong might come back, but wtf is up with these primary polls? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sPdEhG2Iyl\">pic.twitter.com\/sPdEhG2Iyl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NateSilver538\/status\/2087351422056591582?\">August 12, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, CNN data guru Harry Enten suggested that perhaps this year\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/glenn-youngkin-concludes-no-thing-moderate-democrat-anymore-socialists-sweep-primaries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">socialist wave<\/a> in Democratic primaries has skewed polls.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019ve got to look at these results and say, \u2018Hey, wait a minute, maybe Johnny, maybe these polls are overestimating how much that Democratic socialism is rising within the Democratic Party,&#8217;\u201d Enten said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/politics\/wtf-is-up-with-these-polls-experts-flummoxed-by-stunning-20-point-misfire-in-wisconsin-primary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mediaite<\/a>, \u201cbecause in two key statewide races in a row, what we\u2019ve seen is the left is being vastly overestimated; and in the case of Wisconsin, the Democratic Socialist being vastly overestimated by 20 points.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On X, some users insinuated that polling and electoral anomalies always seem to benefit establishment Democrats.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">DNC backing is a pathway to election outcomes many consider to be .. Unnatural. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vtfbrtuSc3\">pic.twitter.com\/vtfbrtuSc3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Entropic Boss (@ModerateNut) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ModerateNut\/status\/2087437177978576923?\">August 12, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Welcome to the Democratic Party fraud machine.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 JBUSES (@JBUSESX) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JBUSESX\/status\/2087465783114731609?\">August 12, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">It\u2019s not a Midwest problem, it\u2019s a blue state problem. I know you don\u2019t want to recognize that though.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joe Mackey (@joe_mack1) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/joe_mack1\/status\/2087551093333008510?\">August 12, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Significant polling misses, though egregious, are not unprecedented.<\/p>\n<p>For instance, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/polls\/president\/general\/2020\/ohio\/trump-vs-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RealClearPolling\u2019s<\/a> final aggregate of polls in 2020 showed then-Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden narrowly trailing Trump in Ohio. The final Quinnipiac poll, in fact, gave Biden a 4-point edge. Trump won the Buckeye State by 8.2 points.<\/p>\n<p>In short, the polling industry \u2014 much like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fauci-admitted-2nd-dose-covid-vaccine-theoretically-associated-miscarriage-newly-released-texts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">health care<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/magazine\/2026\/09\/elite-academia-leadership-hypocrisy\/687969\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">education<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-smithsonian-director-flounders-house-hearing-republican-exposes-rampant-wokeness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">others<\/a> \u2014 has lost many Americans\u2019 trust.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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