According to the Nate Silver model, Trump is now back at a 60 percent chance to win the election:
#Latest @NateSilver538 forecast (9/5)
Chance of winning
🟥 Trump: 60.1% (highest since 7/30)
🟦 Harris: 39.7%
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Swing States: chance of winningPennsylvania – 🔴 Trump 61-39%
Arizona – 🔴 Trump 73-27%
North Carolina – 🔴 Trump 73-27%
Georgia – 🔴 Trump 65-35%
Nevada – 🔴… https://t.co/XiISKE0g3B pic.twitter.com/OIbu44UcnL— InteractivePolls (@IAPolls2022) September 5, 2024
There are all sorts of models and polling averages out there, and I don’t know enough about it to know whether Silver’s is better than anyone else’s (60 percent sounds high to me). But Harris has only a very narrow lead at the national level, which would probably mean that — once you account for Trump’s Electoral College advantage and perhaps a slight polling error against him — he’d win if the election were held today.
This is after about a month and a half of uninterrupted joy and an equal period of scuffling from Trump.