The View’s Joy Behar ‘Starting to Worry About the Polls’ for Democrats
Joy Behar, a co-host on “The View,” expressed her concern about recent presidential election polls showing momentum for former President Trump. She warned Democrats not to lose enthusiasm due to these 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 all that,” Behar said on Wednesday’s show. She and her fellow co-host Whoopi Goldberg agreed that the press is often driven by a specific narrative, which can be disheartening for Democrats. Behar urged her viewers, “Don’t buy into that. Basically, it’s so disheartening for Democrats and people who are leaning towards Kamala, to say, ‘Well, what’s the point?’ Don’t buy into that.”
Recent surveys reveal a razor-thin race, with Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Trump deadlocked at 48% in an NBC News poll of registered voters nationwide. Harris has dropped from a 6-point lead last month to being narrowly ahead of Trump 50%-48% among likely voters in an ABC News/Ipsos poll. A CBS News/YouGov nonprobability-based survey of likely voters showed Harris slightly down from a four-point advantage a month ago to a three-point edge over Trump.
Behar concluded her point by rallying Democrats to get out and vote, saying, “Somebody made this brilliant statement one time: ‘99% of success is showing up.’ So show up.” Goldberg, on the other hand, remained confident in the American public, urging people to make their decisions and cast their votes without being swayed by polls.
