While some polls showed Democratic nominee Joe Biden's lead over President Donald Trump narrowing slightly after the controversial Republican National Convention, most signs are showing that Trump's claim that Biden is secretly socialist is proving insufficient.
Conservative network Fox News' own polling shows that Biden leads by nine points in Arizona, eight points in Wisconsin, and four points in North Carolina—with better favorability ratings than Trump among multiple demographics in these states. Trump won all of these states in 2016.
Notably, Biden has twice as much support among suburban women in North Carolina—62 percent to 31 percent. This is despite Trump's racist warning to "suburban housewives" that low-income communities would overtake the suburbs under a Biden presidency.
Fox News had to cover its own polling results, but noticeably sped through them in its segment.
Watch below.
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— Acyn Torabi (@Acyn) September 2, 2020
People noticed how rushed the segment was, surmising that the speed was in hopes to conceal the results from the President, a frequent watcher of Fox News.
Heh, they rush through this like the "may cause anal leakage and murdering your whole family" pharma disclaimers. "GET IT OFF THE SCREEN, FAST!" https://t.co/OfGuDOCmJU
— ceejayoz 😷 #wearamask (@ceejayoz) September 3, 2020
Fox News exec probably thinking "if we speedrun these terrible polls so quickly that no one can follow, perhaps Trump won't throw a tantrum and tell everyone to watch OANN instead again" https://t.co/N8B5KoNNZw
— Mike Masnick (@mmasnick) September 2, 2020
Y'all 🥴😂😂😂😂 Fox said he gone attack us if we show these polls do it as fast as possible. https://t.co/arUnbKKSfs
— JG (@jg_major) September 3, 2020
Gotta read the bad news fast so as not to upset their #1 fan 🤣 https://t.co/a396HkMyIC
— Casey Dolan (@thecaseydolan) September 2, 2020
If they run through the numbers fast enough, maybe Trump won't notice he is losing? https://t.co/I0aY35U6Xy
— Mitch Wells (@meezatch) September 2, 2020
Fox News' drag racing team zooms through their report of their own Presidential poll results in 22 seconds flat.
I can't imagine why. https://t.co/RtnjniRKGH
— Lenny Kleinfeld (@LennyKleinfeld) September 3, 2020
The President has railed against Fox News' polling before, encouraging his followers to instead watch the far-right One America News Network (OANN).
If Fox was attempting to avoid backlash from the President, the effort didn't work.
.@FoxNews Polls are, as in the past, Fake News. They have been from the beginning, way off in 2016. Get a new pollster. I believe we are leading BIG!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 3, 2020
Do you notice that any time Fake News Suppression Polls are put out, like @FoxNews, the Stock Market goes DOWN. We are going to WIN!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 3, 2020
People mocked the President's reaction.
I thought facts don't care about your feelings? https://t.co/bgATeD0iwk
— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) September 3, 2020
LOL, who could have seen this coming 🙄 https://t.co/ru3o6xwYSb
— Amy Siskind 🏳️🌈 (@Amy_Siskind) September 3, 2020
Everyone is wrong but you. Sorry you are losing bigly https://t.co/L2ucEYINUV
— Rose @wigged (@RoseWigged) September 3, 2020
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