“The View” co-host Joy Behar has revealed that she’s “starting to worry” as polling shows President Donald Trump is surging among voters ahead of next month’s critical presidential election.
Behar said during Wednesday’s broadcast of the ABC show that “everybody’s getting nervous” about Trump’s surge in the polls.
“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 and that,” Behar said.
“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.”
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Recent polls show Trump and Democrat presidential nominee Kamala Harris at a deadlock tie nationally.
However, polls have shown Trump is surging in battleground states and among black and Latino men.
Meanwhile, Harris has been losing support among these traditionally Democrat-voting demographics.
Behar said that “everybody’s getting nervous” Trump is doing well in the polls.
Harris’s momentum and national lead have dropped since September.
On Sunday, an NBC News poll found that the vice president’s 5-point lead dropped to a deadlock tie of 48% to 48% against Trump.
Harris’s positive rating also decreased from 48% to 43% in just one month.
The vice president is leading Trump in the key battleground states of Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Michigan by 1 point, CNN’s senior data reporter Harry Enten said Monday.
Twice-failed Democrat presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and President Joe Biden were ahead by 8 points in mid-October during the 2016 and 2020 elections.
The data indicates that Harris’s 1-point lead may not be enough to win those states.
Trump has historically performed above the polls during the general elections.
In 2020, Biden “won” Wisconsin by 1 point, Michigan by 3 points, and Pennsylvania by 2 points, despite polls showing him leading by larger margins.
Harris particularly holds historically low support among black men between the ages 18 and 44 with only 41 points of support, CNN’s Enten said Monday.
Trump has gained ground among black and Latino men since 2016 and 2020, with 51% of Latino men between the ages of 18 and 34 supporting Trump in Arizona, for instance, according to a USA Today/Suffolk University poll from Oct. 7.
Black voters have also shifted away from the Democratic Party in general.
The support for Republicans among the voter bloc rose from 7% in 2016 to 15% in 2024.
Harris’s lead with white women has also withered away since September.
Trump secured a 2-point lead against the vice president in October.
Meanwhile, the betting market averages show Trump way ahead against Harris.
The RealClearPolling betting odds average shows Trump crushing Harris 57.7% to 41.3%.
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