Joy Behar, co-host of The View, expressed growing concern on Wednesday about recent polling data showing favorable outcomes for Republican frontrunner Donald Trump.
As reported by the Daily Caller [1], Behar voiced her frustration as the numbers reflect a tight race between Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, with both tied in national polls.
Trump also seems to be performing well in key battleground states, as well as among black and Latino men, which has Behar and her liberal allies feeling uneasy.
“I’m starting to worry about the polls because I see a lot of the media saying that he’s leading, and everybody’s getting nervous,” Behar remarked on air. She suggested that the media is purposely pushing these results to demoralize Democrats and sway potential Harris supporters.
“But they’re doing that on purpose because basically it’s so disheartening for Democrats and people who are leaning toward Kamala to say ‘what are you doing, don’t buy into that.’ Don’t buy into that,” she added.
The vice president currently leads Trump by a slim 1-point margin in critical swing states like Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Michigan. But this margin is much smaller compared to previous Democratic leads in 2016 and 2020, when both Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden were polling higher in mid-October.
Despite those leads, Trump has a track record of outperforming polls in general elections.
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