Just before the Democratic National Convention in mid-August, Joe Biden led with a 51% to 42% edge over incumbent Republican President Donald Trump.<br />Now, both conventions are over. And according to CNN's poll of polls, Biden is still in the lead at 51% to Trump's 43%.<br />For Biden, the DNC was a smooth four days, in which he demonstrated that the doddering caricature of him painted by Trump was wrong.<br />But Trump entered his own convention with approval ratings stuck in the low 40s and running well behind Biden in most national polling.<br />Trump's campaign tried to play up his softer side. The RNC was liberally sprinkled with Black supporters, heavy on fear, and absolutely silent on the pandemic.<br />The lack of movement in the race suggests that the effort by the Trump side didn't work. At all.<br />In three Fox News polls released Wednesday, Trump was losing suburban women by 16 points in Arizona, 17 in Wisconsin, and 10 in North Carolina.
