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Still, people couldn’t forgive Biden for inflation, even though he had nothing to do with it and they told pollsters they were worse off than under Trump.

He stubbornly refused to face reality and listen to Democratic voters who kept telling pollsters they desired a spryer candidate.

But Trump made headway among Black male voters that proved detrimental to the vice president's bid, argued Alvin Tillery, a Democratic pollster and founder of the Black Equality Alliance super PAC.

“They were using mainstream white polls and they never put Black-specific pollsters on the air,” Martin said.

Abortion did matter to women, it just didn’t matter enough, said Evan Ross Smith, a pollster and campaign consultant.