Biden’s Approval Fails to Beat Margin of Error in ABC Poll, Network Floored

Nicholas Fondacaro | April 25, 2021
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In a brand new ABC News/Washington Post poll the liberal outlets released on Sunday, President Biden’s approval rating was supposedly sitting at an anemic 52 percent. And according to their methodology, the margin of error for the poll was 3.5 percent. Now given how that meant Biden could be below 50 percent, it was understandable that the cast of characters on ABC’s Good Morning America were floored by the results.

52 percent of Americans approve of Joe Biden's work in office as he approaches the 100-day mark. That is ten points higher than Donald Trump at this point in his presidency, but 17 points lower than Barack Obama,” touted co-anchor Dan Harris, trying to put a positive spin on the floundering president. Of course, they failed to mention the margin of error.

Harris was speaking to ABC political director Rick Klein, who didn’t share his rosy outlook on the poll results.

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