Confronted with some of his bad poll numbers in a rare interview with CNN, Biden offered a more sweeping indictment of polling methodology.
"The polling data has been wrong all along.
How many — you guys do a poll at CNN.
How many folks you have to call to get one response?"
"While the press doesn't write about it, the momentum is clearly in our favor, with the polls moving towards us and away from Trump," Biden told donors during a West Coast swing last week.
resident Biden doesn't believe his bad poll numbers, and neither do many of his closest advisers, according to people familiar with the matter.
The dismissiveness of the poor polling is sincere, not public spin, according to Democrats who have spoken privately with the president and his team.
That bedrock belief has informed Biden's largely steady-as-she-goes campaign — even as many Democrats outside the White House are agitating for the campaign to change direction, given that Biden is polling well behind where he was four years ago.
In public and private, Biden has been telling anyone who will listen that he's gaining ground — and is probably up — on Donald Trump in their rematch from 2020.
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@UnhappyPartisanDemocrat2yrs2Y
Relax. The polls swing wildly every week. Trump's haead. Biden's ahead. No one knows how to poll any more, so they're pretty irrelevant. See, e.g., 2022.
@Freedom762yrs2Y
Biden hasn't been ahead for a year – and Trump's now up 13 in NEVADA.
@CruelP0llingPlaceGreen2yrs2Y
They haven't swung... Biden's been losing in the swing states for 9 months.. you people have no idea how bad it is
@ShyFlamingoRepublican2yrs2Y
Biden: “In the last 23 national polls, I've been ahead in 10 of them, Trump has been ahead in eight, and we've been tied in five”
If Biden actually thought he was leading Trump in the polls, he would cherry-pick outliers in swing states; not cite meaningless national numbers.
@9MGHWXTProgressive2yrs2Y
Biden is completely out of touch with voter bases he depends on to win. He’s relying too much on the threat of Trump and making zero effort to align with what voters want from a president. The DNC’s choice to run him uncontested is a failure of democracy.
@BallotStorkDemocrat2yrs2Y
Man with over a half-century's experience running for office is advised by 20-somethings to worry about polls of "eligible" voters.
Polls are not a prediction, but they are a snapshot in time.
The party is considering making the DNC partially remote due to protests.
Just because he and his advisors believe Trump doesn’t stand a chance, that doesn’t make it so.
See: 2016.
Nonsense.
Biden would be “sleepwalking into defeat” if he were not campaigning hard every day, raising lots of $$$ and establishing a strong ground game in swing states.
Press is failing. No wonder most Americans are unaware of his legislative achievements or strong economy.
@P0litic4lSyrupDemocrat2yrs2Y
Newsflash … nobody is behind / nobody is ahead …. There hasn’t been any votes cast as of yet. I know the polling and speculating seems to
Be the only news these days but it means nothing.
@ISIDEWITH2yrs2Y
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