For all the media adulation over Vice President Kamala Harris before, during, and after the Democratic National Convention last week, the Democratic nominee’s poll numbers have failed to rise significantly.

Yes, it is true that, unlike when President Joe Biden was still the presumptive nominee, former President Donald Trump is no longer leading in the polls. But in his third campaign for the presidency, Trump, who won in 2016, is in a stronger position today than he has ever been in either of his prior two campaigns.