


The White House reveled in Tuesday night's election results by pointing out the limitations of polling.
Politicos spent the early part of this week talking up a New York Times poll that found President Joe Biden losing to former President Donald Trump in five key swing states and trailing a generic Democrat by 13 points. That came to an abrupt end when election results started rolling in, something the Biden administration was happy to point out.
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"We have always said that voting matters and polls do not," press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said. "Our focus is going to remain on our work to grow the economy, lower costs for families, and protect fundamental freedoms against dangerous agendas that are out of touch with the American people."
Democrats won big in Kentucky, Ohio, and Virginia, with Gov. Andy Beshear (D-KY) winning reelection against a Trump-backed challenger, Ohio passing statewide abortion protections, and Virginia holding off Gov. Glenn Youngkin's (R-VA) plans to turn the state legislature red.
The White House was quick to take a victory lap afterward. Biden called several of the winning candidates, and both Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris released statements about abortion.
The celebrations continued Wednesday.
"President Biden ‘s values and agenda won big across the country last night," Jean-Pierre said. "In Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and in Virginia, voters once again sided with President Biden's agenda to stand up for fundamental freedoms, build an economy for the middle class, and protect democracy."
The implication is that Biden himself will come out victorious during next November's elections in spite of poor polling and historically bad approval ratings.
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Democrats campaigned heavily on abortion in both 2022 and 2023 with a lot of success. They're likely to talk up the topic again next year.
"Voters in those states also turned out to roundly reject abortion bans that jeopardized the health and the lives of women," Jean-Pierre said. "[Abortion bans would have] forced women to travel hundreds of miles for care and threatened to criminalize doctors and nurses. The stakes could not have been higher. And last night, voters sent a very, very clear message."