Trump Says He Doesn't 'Believe' in Polls and Questions How Often Pollsters 'Interview' Voters

WASHINGTON (TNND) — Former President Donald Trump told podcast host Joe Rogan on Friday that he doesn’t “really believe” in polls, questioning how often pollsters actually “interview” voters.

Trump had a three-hour interview on “The Joe Rogan Experience” on Friday, with the appearance taking place less than two weeks before Election Day. While several recent ones polls suggests that Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are in a tight race for the White House, the former president expressed a lack of confidence in polling data.

Do you know how polls are done? Oh, I’m going to get myself in trouble,” Trump said. “So I really don’t believe in it that much.”

Rogan quickly intervened, saying the 2016 presidential election proved polls are “ineffective,” citing former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s lead over Trump in most surveys toward the end of that race. Trump agreed that the polls were “very ineffective” that year, pointing to the size of his rallies compared to Clinton’s.

“You know, I have a theory, these pollsters are also charging you a lot of money…and they’re interviewing like 251 people,” the former president said. “I don’t think they interview them in many cases.”

I’m a very common sense person. “I think they probably don’t always do polls, some of them probably never do,” he continued. “I don’t know one person in my entire life who’s ever been called by a poll worker.”

The New York Times and the Siena College Research Institute published a poll on Friday showing that Trump and Harris each received support from 48% of voters surveyed. The pollsters also asked respondents about various political issues, such as immigration and reproductive rights. The survey shows that Trump has an 11-point lead over Harris when it comes to who voters trust most to handle immigration, while the vice president has a 16-point lead when it comes to protecting access to abortion.

Trump also during the Friday interview remembered his first day in the White House in January 2017. He told Rogan that the experience was “surreal,” adding that “the love was so crazy” as he and his family drove down Pennsylvania Avenue after his inauguration.