Two new polls released hours before the start of the Democratic National Convention paint very different pictures of the race for the White House. An average of all the most recent national general election matchup polls compiled by Real Clear Politics indicated Biden topping Trump by 7.7 points. Despite all the attention on national polls, the presidential election is not determined by the national popular vote – it’s a race for the states and their electoral votes. Four of the latest 10 national polls used the likely voter model. That doesn’t necessarily work to his advantage.”An average of the latest presidential approval rating polls puts Trump at 43.1% approval and 54.5% disapproval.

Source: Fox News August 17, 2020 16:41 UTC