Frank Luntz Says Trump’s Speech Will ‘Absolutely’ Turn Supporters ‘Into Voters’

Pollster Frank Luntz said former President Donald Trump’s Thursday night speech accepting the Republican nomination for president will “absolutely” make Trump supporters “voters.”

Trump gave a 90 minute speech, during which he related his account of the July 13 assassination attempt at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, that left him slightly wounded. Luntz said the acceptance speech, the longest Republican address in history, would not “move the needle,” but that it would increase turnout and motivate his voter base for the November election.

“Trump is leading now, and he’s leading in the swing states, and the last week has been very good for his campaign, even if it’s been bad for his health,” Luntz told CNBC host Aaron Ross Sorkin. “In the last month Trump has found his sea legs and Joe Biden has come apart. So we end up the end of the convention with the Republicans clearly in the lead.”

Sorkin asked if Trump’s speech would gain him additional support among undecided voters.

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“This has not moved the needle. I want to be clear about that. I do not expect Donald Trump to get a bounce from this speech,” Luntz said. “What I do expect is that the intensity of his supporters will absolutely turn them into voters in November, and that’s important. And conversely on the Democratic side, whoever is the nominee, whatever the chaos that comes out over the next month, there is no intensity at all.”

President Joe Biden has faced multiple calls to end his reelection campaign following a June 27 CNN