While we’re in Milwaukee, Punchbowl News — in conjunction with our partners at LSG — is conducting rapid, overnight and morning polling of top Capitol Hill staffers and K Street leaders who are following the RNC speeches and events.
Our poll, The Canvass, will bring you exclusive and immediate reactions to the events of each night of the RNC. We will share the full results of our Tuesday overnight poll in today’s midday edition, so be sure to look out for it.
We will also have a live discussion of the results in Milwaukee with Punchbowl News’ Jake Sherman and Phillip Morris, partner at LSG at 1:30 p.m. CT/2:30 p.m. ET.
What to expect in Midday today: We gauged respondents’ thinking on several issues, including on the key speakers from day two of the convention.
We wanted to know whether respondents thought the remarks of several former rivals of former President Donald Trump who spoke Tuesday were effective in uniting the GOP behind the former president. Top Hill staffers and K Street leaders also shared their views on the GOP Senate candidates trying to expand their profiles and make their names known by clinching speaking slots at the RNC.
And of course, The Canvass respondents will weigh in on Trump’s choice of Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) as his running mate and whether the “Hillbilly Elegy” author is the best option to help Trump retake the White House.
We will also explore how united or divided the GOP is and how the assassination attempt on Trump will affect the current political environment.
— Elvina Nawaguna
