Obama Pollster Says Reporters Should Go the Next ‘Year Without Reporting Any Public Polling Data’

Photo Credit: REUTERS/Larry Downing

Photo Credit: REUTERS/Larry Downing

After a year of seeing President Obama’s approval ratings plummet, the president’s pollster is offering a strikingly candid and pessimistic New Year’s resolution.

Reporters should go the next “year without reporting any public polling data,” Joel Benenson, president and CEO of Benenson Strategy Group, said.

His comments were made to reporter Mike Allen, who published them in his daily “Politico Playbook” morning newsletter on Tuesday.

Benenson explained that he thinks the polling often reported by news organizations lacks the proper context.

Read more about the Obama pollster HERE.