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Biden claims he’s beating Trump in five straight polls, but surveys say otherwise
By
Naomi Lim
March 5, 2024 2:24 pm

President Joe Biden overstated his performance in the polls Tuesday as former President Donald Trump is on the precipice of becoming the 2024 Republican nominee.

When asked by reporters traveling with him from the presidential retreat Camp David in Maryland to the White House what his message is to Democrats concerned about his polling, Biden provided a pithy response.

“The last five polls, I’m winning,” he said the morning of Super Tuesday. “Five in a row, five.”

It is unclear to which polls Biden is referring. According to the poll aggregator FiveThirtyEight, Biden is ahead of Trump in two of its last five listed surveys, with the former president leading in another two and the pair tied in another one.

According to RealClearPolitics, Biden is ahead in two of its last five listed head-to-head polls with Trump, while the former president is leading in the other three. When RealClearPolitics takes into account independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Biden is ahead in only one of its last five listed polls, while Trump is leading in the other four. When the same aggregator also considers independent candidate Cornel West and Green Party candidate Jill Stein, Biden is ahead in only one of its last five listed polls, with Trump leading in another three and the pair tied in another.

The White House declined to respond to the Washington Examiner‘s request for comment, pointing the outlet to Biden’s campaign instead.

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