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Trump Insists He Leads Despite Leaked Polls

June 17, 2019 at 10:19 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

President Trump insisted that he is polling ahead of what he called the “Motley Crew” of 2020 Democratic presidential hopefuls, despite leaked internal polling that shows him behind in several battleground states.

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goddard-bw-snapshotTaegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.

Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.

Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.

Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.

Goddard is the owner of Goddard Media LLC.

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