NYT The polls finally catch up with the news And they are not good for President Trump.

The polls finally catch up with the newsAnd they are not good for President Trump. We’ve talked a lot recently about how the polls have lagged behind the news. Events were moving so fast that by the time the polls had measured the state of public opinion after something like a debate, the news had already moved on to the next big thing, like the president’s coronavirus diagnosis. Now the news has slowed a bit and the polls are finally caught up. Just before Thursday night’s dueling town halls, we were left with an unmistakable picture: The president trails badly, even though his negative news cycles, like the first debate or his coronavirus hospitalization, are well in the rearview mirror.