{"id":2093029,"date":"2023-11-07T15:46:01","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T20:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-downplays-new-polls-showing-trump-leading-biden\/"},"modified":"2023-11-07T15:49:02","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T20:49:02","slug":"white-house-downplays-new-polls-showing-trump-leading-biden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-downplays-new-polls-showing-trump-leading-biden\/","title":{"rendered":"White House downplays new polls showing Trump leading Biden"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhite-house-downplays-new-polls-showing-trump-leading-biden%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2093029&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The \u200dWhite\u2064 House \u200dDownplays \u2062Polls Showing Biden Trailing Trump in 2024 Rematch<\/h2>\n<p>The White House is dismissing recent polls that indicate \u200cPresident Joe\u2063 Biden\u2063 is behind former President Donald Trump in\u2063 a \u2064potential 2024 election rematch. Outlets such as the New York Times and CBS have reported on Biden&#8217;s trailing numbers both nationally and in swing states, leading to \u200dquestions during Tuesday&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newsom-extends-southern-california-stay-at-home-order-for-at-least-another-three-weeks\/\" title=\"Newsom Extends Southern California Stay-at-Home Order For at Least Another Three Weeks\">press briefing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Democrats Worried About Biden&#8217;s Shocking Poll Results and Potential Trump Comeback<\/h3>\n<p>During the briefing, White House press \u200bsecretary \u200cKarine \u200dJean-Pierre acknowledged that the polls were on their radar but urged caution in interpreting them. She emphasized that it is not her role to analyze <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-purge-has-begun-where-it-stops-nobody-knows\/\" title=\"The Purge Has Begun. Where It Stops, Nobody Knows.\">media coverage<\/a> of polls and advised \u2062taking them &#8220;with a grain\u2064 of salt.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We need to be mindful of the bigger picture here. Just last year, in 2022, there was talk of a red wave that never \u2064materialized.\u200d And in October of &#8217;22, there were numerous stories predicting a red wave \u200band the\u200b Democrats being wiped out,&#8221; Jean-Pierre explained. &#8220;We \u2062can&#8217;t forget what we saw in October 2020 or even back \u200din 2011 when \u200bSenator Romney was leading President Obama in the polls.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She further stated,\u2063 &#8220;Our focus is\u200c on fulfilling\u200b the promises made to \u200dthe American people. Polls\u2064 will always be a part of the political landscape, but we won&#8217;t\u2064 let them distract us\u200c from our mission. We are aware of the reporting, just like you all.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>For the full briefing, watch the video below.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How does the White House&#8217;s focus on fulfilling promises \u2063made to the American people affect their response to media coverage of \u200cpolls<\/h2>\n<p><span>  \u200c The White House\u2064 has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-downplays-new-polls-showing-trump-leading-biden\/\" title=\"White House downplays new polls showing Trump leading Biden\">downplayed recent polls suggesting<\/a> that President Joe Biden is trailing former \u200cPresident Donald Trump \u2064in a potential\u200b 2024 election rematch. Several \u200dmedia outlets, \u200cincluding the \u200dNew York Times and \u200dCBS, have reported on Biden&#8217;s lower numbers both nationally and in \u200cswing\u200c states, which led to questions during Tuesday&#8217;s press briefing.<\/p>\n<p>White\u200d House press\u200b secretary Karine Jean-Pierre addressed the polls during the briefing, acknowledging their\u2064 existence\u200d but urging caution in interpreting their findings. She made it clear that it is not her role to\u2064 analyze media coverage\u2062 of polls and advised \u200btaking them &#8220;with a grain of salt.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Jean-Pierre\u2062 emphasized the need \u2064to\u200b consider \u200dthe bigger\u200d picture, citing examples\u200d of previous elections where poll predictions did not\u200d materialize.\u200b She referenced the talk of\u200d a &#8220;red wave&#8221; in 2022,\u200d which did not come\u200b to pass, and stories in October\u2062 2022 predicting the Democrats being wiped out. She even mentioned the 2011 polls that showed\u2062 Senator Romney leading President \u2062Obama.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our focus is on fulfilling the promises made to the American \u200cpeople,&#8221; \u2062Jean-Pierre stated. While acknowledging the presence of \u200cpolls in the political landscape, she stressed that they \u2064will not distract the administration from its mission. The White House is\u200d aware of\u2062 the\u2064 reporting\u2064 on the polls but remains focused on its goals.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jean-pierre-given-ethics-waiver-despite-wife-working-at-cnn\/\" title=\"Jean-Pierre Given Ethics Waiver Despite Wife Working at CNN\">press secretary&#8217;<\/a>s remarks underscored the\u200c administration&#8217;s determination to\u200b prioritize policy and governance over poll numbers. The video of the full \u200dbriefing is available \u200dfor those who wish to delve further into the\u2063 discussion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The White House sought to downplay recent polls showing President Joe Biden now trailing former President Donald Trump in a 2024 electoral rematch. A number of outlets, including the New York Times and CBS, showed Biden trailing Trump both nationally and in a majority of swing states, and White House press secretary was pressed on<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2093030,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2093029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2093029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2093029"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2093029\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2093030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2093029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2093029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2093029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}