Polls, Polls And More Polls; Nothing’s Changed

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CLEVELAND, OHIO - SEPTEMBER 29: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during the first presidential debate against former Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden at the Health Education Campus of Case Western Reserve University on September 29, 2020 in Cleveland, Ohio. This is the first of three planned debates between the two candidates in the lead up to the election on November 3. (Photo by Morry Gash-Pool/Getty Images)

On Saturday night there was a major freak out among Democrats when a poll in Iowa showed Donald Trump winning the state by seven points. It’s noteworthy because it’s one of the few decent polls Trump has had in weeks. But it was just one poll from one state that Joe Biden doesn’t necessarily need to get to 270.

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Sunday morning brought a slew of new national and state polling which showed the same stability in the race we’ve seen for months.

Here’s a nationwide poll from NBC News and The Wall Street Journal:

The Washington Post and ABC News report in their poll:

Here are some swing state polls from The New York Times and Sienna College:

Polling expert Nate Silver says this is where the race stands on Sunday: