Pollsters undercount Republican voters in their models: Jared Kushner

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White House senior adviser Jared Kushner said public polls have underrepresented Republican voters in their models and cited the “shy” Trump vote as reasons why President Trump could win on Election Day.

“We have to look at what’s the turnout,” said Kushner, who is broadly viewed as the campaign’s de facto chief of staff, during a live interview with Politico Thursday morning. “If you look at a lot of the public polling, you’re using 24% Republican turnout, which is ridiculous. In ’18, ’16, we had 33%.”

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