CNN data analyst Harry Enten responded to President Joe Biden rejecting polling figures showing former President Donald Trump leading in a number of battleground states, noting that Biden “loved the polls” when they showed him in the lead.
Biden attempted to undermine the credibility of recent polling in an interview with OutFront host Erin Burnett last week, claiming that “the polling data has been wrong all along.” He added, “You guys do a poll at CNN, how many folks [do] you have to call to get one response?”
Enten pointed out to Burnett on Tuesday that Biden “loved the polls four years ago when they showed him ahead. These are the same polls now.”
The data analyst explained that while polls can be right at this point in the election cycle, “polls can change plenty” between now and November.
Biden and his campaign have shared mixed messages on polling in the past, however. His campaign manager publicly claimed the election was closer than people thought in October 2020 and ended up being correct.
A New York Times-Siena College poll released on Monday showed Trump leading in five out of six critical swing states, including a 3-point lead in Pennsylvania, a 5-point lead in Michigan, a 7-point lead in Arizona, a 10-point lead in Georgia, and a 12-point lead in Nevada. Enten labeled these figures “an absolute disaster” for Biden on Monday.
The only battleground state Biden is winning, according to that poll, is Wisconsin, where he holds a 2-point lead over Trump. Trump lost all six of these states in 2020, and if the poll holds true come November, he would pick up an additional 67 Electoral College votes. He won 235 electoral votes in 2020, and candidates need 270 to win the presidency.
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