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Mark Z. Barabak: Overwhelmed? Confused? Here's what to make of all those presidential polls

President Joe Biden, left, and Vice President Kamala Harris return to the Oval Office at the conclusion of an event marking National Small Business Week in the Rose Garden at the White House on May 1, 2023, in Washington, D.C..

Early this week the New York Times released polling from a half-dozen political battleground states, and you might have thought Moses himself had descended Mt. Sinai with a commandment: Thus shall be decided the 2024 presidential race.

The findings weren't good for the Democratic incumbent.

President Joe Biden trails the serially indicted Donald Trump in five of six key states, according to the survey, and was barely ahead in the sixth.

Right on schedule, a Democratic freakout ensued, just as predictable as Sunday's move from daylight saving to local standard time. Democrats are by nature worriers, and the polling offered ample reason for partisan stomachs to churn.

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