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There’s no other way to put this: New poll results from The New York Times and Siena College that show President Joe Biden trailing former President Donald Trump in most of six battleground states tested are bad.

In fact, these polls about a hypothetical matchup between the two are alarming and a bit distressing. But they should not cause panic.

Let’s start with the Times/Siena polling that is likely causing many in Biden world to reach for a handful of antacids. It’s not just the top-line finding that the president is trailing in key battleground states including Nevada, Arizona and even Michigan, where Biden is down by 5 percentage points to Trump in a state he won by nearly 3 points in 2020.

According to the Times, the multiracial coalition that powered Biden to victory is “fraying,” with support falling among Black and Hispanic voters. Biden also is seeing a drop in support among voters under 30.

And on the economy — an issue that is often the key metric in determining a president’s reelection prospects — the polling finds “the largest gap of any issue,” with 59% of voters to 37% saying they trust Trump over Biden to handle economic matters.

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