The Week: Trump’s Slip in the Polls

• Finally, Columbia’s president has figured out how to fold up a tent.

• When Joe Biden abandoned his reelection bid on July 21, it was a sinking ship. The electorate disapproved of his performance and overwhelmingly considered him too old for the job. Trump led consistently in the polling averages in every key battleground state in the Midwest and the Sun Belt—even Nevada, which Trump had lost twice. What a difference four weeks and a new candidate make. In the RealClearPolitics national polling average, Trump’s three-point national lead on Biden has shifted to a one-point lead for Kamala Harris. Swing states have swung. Democrats haven’t even held their convention, which could produce a bigger bounce. All is far from lost for Republicans, especially if the sugar high of Biden’s departure wears off after Labor Day. But Trump can no longer hide his age and unpopularity behind Biden’s greater age and greater unpopularity.

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• Finally, Columbia’s president has figured out how to fold up a tent.

• When Joe Biden abandoned his reelection bid on July 21, it was a sinking ship. The electorate disapproved of his performance and overwhelmingly considered him too old for the job. Trump led consistently in the polling averages in every key battleground state in the Midwest and the Sun Belt—even Nevada, which Trump had lost twice. What a difference four weeks and a new candidate make. In the RealClearPolitics national polling average, Trump’s three-point national lead on Biden has shifted to a one-point lead for Kamala Harris. Swing states have swung. Democrats haven’t even held their convention, which could produce a bigger bounce. All is far from lost for Republicans, especially if the sugar high of Biden’s departure wears off after Labor Day. But Trump can no longer hide his age and unpopularity behind Biden’s greater age and greater unpopularity.