The White House, including Press Secretary and other officials, cautioned against taking recent polling data showing President Biden trailing behind Donald Trump in key battleground states at face value. They emphasized the need to view the polls with skepticism, citing past inaccuracies in forecasting election outcomes. This comes amid concerns raised by Rachel Maddow about the Biden team's response to the polling, with some, like Bill Kristol, advocating for a nuanced interpretation of the poll numbers.
"It’s a mistake to look at bad poll numbers for Biden and say 'You can’t trust the polls.' You can trust them. Not to be perfect, but to give you a sense of what the contours of public opinion in the real world are at the moment...Maybe this will shift." https://t.co/eGpAvpYxXZ
Rachel Maddow Says Biden Team ‘Should Absolutely Panic’ About Battleground States Polling, But There’s Also ‘Reason to Chill’ (Video) https://t.co/vkgEy81YJm
WHITE HOUSE SAYS BIDEN-TRUMP POLLS SHOULD BE VIEWED WITH GRAIN OF SALT (Reuters) The White House urged caution on Tuesday at polls showing President Joe Biden lagging behind leading Republican candidate Donald Trump, urging people to view them with a grain of salt. https://t.co/3BlKksGMvv
.@PressSec says the new polling data that shows President Biden losing to former President Trump in key battleground states should be taken with a "grain of salt." She also says past polls forecasting red waves and Republican victories were proven to be inaccurate https://t.co/7aO0I9ONeQ
WH press sec: "Obviously we've all here at the White House have seen the polling. I'm just saying that we have to take them—as a general rule—we should take these polling with a grain of salt." https://t.co/mjDiMjIelB
White House: Take 2024 polls "with a grain of salt" https://t.co/dVtFYZZyM6 https://t.co/fqDyd3j9eX