First lady Jill Biden made it clear on Wednesday that she was not pleased with the CBS anchor’s decision to question her on her husband’s dismal polling results.
Following a piece on “CBS Mornings” that featured the National Teacher of the Year recipient, Biden gave a brief talk on the campaign for 2024. In her oversimplified assessment of the upcoming election, she said that voters would have to choose between “chaos,” which she referred to as Donald Trump, and “steady, wisdom, experience,” which she referred to as her husband. She also confidently predicted the re-election of President Biden.
Tony Dokoupil, a CBS anchor, however, was not buying it.
Jill interrupted him mid-sentence, saying, “But when these polls—like the Wall Street Journal one—land at the White House, and [Biden’s] losing in all the battleground states…”
Jill chimed in, “No, he is not losing in the battleground states.”
“Everyone saves for one,” Dokoupil verified.
Jill went on, “He is rising, and he is even or doing better. So, what do you know? It is clear that Joe will win this race if voters begin to concentrate and see their two options.”
The most recent WSJ poll supports the findings of previous surveys conducted in crucial battleground states: For the time being, at least, Trump is winning six of the seven states that are essential to winning the presidency.
Wisconsin is the only state where Trump is tied with Biden and does not have an absolute lead.
The outcome of the poll:
- Arizona: Biden (42%) vs. Trump (47%)
- Trump (44%) vs. Biden (44%) in Georgia
- Michigan: Biden (45%) vs. Trump (48%)
- Nevada: Biden (44%) vs. Trump (48%)
- North Carolina: Biden (43%) vs. Trump (49%)
- Trump (47%) vs. Biden (44%) in Pennsylvania
- Biden (46%) vs. Trump (46%) in Wisconsin
- Therefore, it is unclear why Jill Biden refuted reports that President Biden is behind in the polls. Maybe she had not heard about the Wall Street Journal survey. However, Biden’s terrible polling is nothing new; in fact, it has been a defining feature of the 2024 race thus far.
The battleground state surveys draw a lot of attention because, in 2020, Biden won six of the seven states, with Trump winning the only one, North Carolina.
Thus, the most likely winner will be the one who captures the majority of those states in November. Therefore, losing them is not a winning tactic.
