We've noted this in various stories, but I think it's worth repeating: The big 818,000-job downward revision last year was announced *before* the election, in August. It got lots of media coverage, and came at a very inopportune time politically for Biden/Harris.

Here's our story about it from the time. The revision also got lots of coverage in conservative media, as evidence that the Biden/Harris economy was not as strong as Democrats were saying. Again, this is *before* the election.

Also important to note that the 818,000 figure was preliminary. The final number, which was released in February, was a bit under 600,000. So the pre-election preliminary number was actually *worse* for Democrats than the final number (released post-election) turned out to be.

Lastly, I'll point out that the final jobs report before the election, just before Election Day, was terrible, showing a gain of just 12,000 jobs. That figure has since been revised UP to 44k. So the pre-election figures again made the labor market look worse than it really was.