With less than two months to go until the election—and with the critical battleground of North Carolina already sending out mail-in ballots—it’s worth taking stock of where things stand. Based on the slew of post-convention polls and conversations with Republican and Democratic strategists, there’s a consensus that the president received a small bounce late last month—but not enough to turn around his flailing fortunes.
The president’s job-approval rating now stands at 43.3 percent in the FiveThirty Eight average, about 3 points higher than his rock-bottom point at the beginning of summer. That’s still an awfully weak showing for an incumbent, but it’s enough to draw Trump closer to Joe Biden in battleground states and give Republicans a fighting chance to hold their Senate majority. CONT.
Josh Kraushaar, National Journal