Why can't Biden get more traction from the economy?

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His poll numbers are fine. Neither candidate is “ahead in the polls”.

Polling is broken, right? Or is it the news? Or all of the US?

I believe that the commenter, Merrill – as opposed to proposing that others should mistrust the entire mainstream media – was instead picking a bone with the NYT’s Nate Cohn and the specific NYT/Siena polls (which have sampling problems as detailed upthread). Your linked article was an interesting read, especially regarding the “low trust” segment of the populace. I do take issue with the author using current polling numbers as the foundations of their arguments, however. That said … there do…