by: Nexstar Media Wire
(NEXSTAR) — Heading into last Tuesday’s presidential debate against Joe Biden needing to shake up the stable support for the former vice president and get within striking distance of an Electoral College upset similar to 2016, President Donald Trump appears to have not gained ground.
Data from the most recent polling averages have remained remarkably stable through summer, but reporting on the president’s tax history, a Supreme Court nomination fight, the debate and a coronavirus outbreak at the White House all suggest that if the polls are going to move before election day, the time is now.
Observers say polling numbers following the combative and often unproductive first debate are that the president has not dented Biden’s support yet in October. In fact. Trump appears to be falling farther behind.
FiveThirtyEight's poll-watchers describe the shift toward candidate Biden this week across eleven before-and-after polls as “modest.”
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