Topic: CNSNews.com
During the 2020 presidential election, CNSNews.com aggressively pushed outlier polls -- often from dubious right-skewing pollsters like Rasmussen -- touting Donald Trump's alleged popularity and claiming Donald Trump was doing well despite him being behind in most reputable polls. But after Trump's loss and Joe Biden becoming the new president, CNS has largely focused on hyping polls -- again from dubious pollsters -- claiming that Biden is unpopular as a person and with his initiatives. A June 9 article by Aslianna Kreiner was typical of this CNS genre:
A poll by the Honest Elections Project (HEP) shows only 28 percent of people who are informed about HR 1, the “For the People Act,” actually support it.
“Only 29% of voters know anything at all about this expansive legislative attempt to reshape American elections, but when they are informed, only 28% support its passage,” the Honest Elections Project said in a memo to members of Congress and state legislators.
But as we documented when CNS previously touted polls issued by this group, the Honest Elections Project is a partisan right-wing group funded by dark money whose goal is to "advocate for greater controls on elections."In other words, the group is issuing these polls with the unambiguous purpose of promoting its agenda.
Nevertheless, CNS loves this group because it share those same partisan goals. An Aug. 24 article by managing editor Michael W. Chapman touted that "A new poll shows that 81% of voters in the United States support laws that require "every voter to show a photo ID when they vote," according to Honest Elections Project Action (HEPA), which conducted the survey of 1,200 registered voters in mid-July.
Unsurprisingly, CNS regularly plugs Rasmussen polls bdcause they too advance CNS' right-wing, anti-Biden agenda:
- Voters Say U.S. Is Not Safer than Before 9/11 Attacks – Democrats and Wealthy Say It Is (as if Democrats and the "wealthy" are not "voters")
- Poll: Trump Would Beat Biden if Election Were Held Today, as 6 Times as Many Democrats as Republicans Regret Their Vote
- Poll: Media’s Coverage of Border Condemned by 66% of Voters Who Say There’s a Crisis
- WH's Psaki: 80% Support Biden’s Spending Agenda – Poll: Just 36% of Voters Support Dems’ $3.5 Trillion Spending Bill
- Majority of U.S. Voters Say Biden ‘Must Resign’ Over His Handling of Afghanistan, Rasmussen Poll Reveals
- Strong Majority of Virginia Voters, Democrat and GOP, Support Voter I.D.
- Voters’ Distrust of Media’s Political Coverage Jumps; 58% Say Reporters Are Softer on Biden than They Were on Trump
- Poll: 56% of Voters Following Media’s Rittenhouse Trial Coverage Very Closely Say It Was Prejudiced Against Him
CNS does cite more reputable pollsters too -- but only as long as they make Biden look bad:
- Poll: 65% Say America is on the 'Wrong Track' (Monmouth)
- Iowa Poll: 62% of Iowans Disapprove of Biden's Job Performance as President (Des Moines Register)
- Gallup: Biden Job Approval Down to 43%
- Gallup: Americans Believe Republican Party Better for Prosperity and National Security
- New Quinnipiac Poll: Biden Now at 37% Approval, 52% Disapproval
- Gallup: Biden Job Approval 42%, Down 14 Points Since June
- Poll: Democrats Control White House and Congress -- Congress' Approval at 21% (Gallup, though Chapman does concede that the number is "still better than the 15% approval rating at the end of the divided 116th Congress in December")
- USA Today Poll: Biden Job Approval 38%, Harris 28%
- Gallup: On 5 Key Issues, Majorities of Americans Disapprove of Biden's Performance
- Quinnipiac Poll: Only 4% of Americans Say 'Climate Change' is Most Important Problem Facing U.S.
- Poll: 50% 'Very Dissatisfied' With 'Way Things Are Going' in U.S. (Quinnipiac)
- More Independent Voters Want Trump on the 2024 Ballot Than Want Biden to Run for Reelection (Politico/Morning Consult)
CNS seems to love Gallup because. despite its reputation as a top pollster, it does generate right-wing-friendly results. Last December, an article by Chapman touted how "In Gallup's 2020 poll on the most admired man, President Donald J. Trump came out on top." This was about a week before the Capitol riot, however, so that finding didn't exactly age well.
