Where are we? The state of play in nothing but numbers.

No analysis, just data. What the polls say as we enter the penultimate month of campaigning.

What happened in August?

August was an important month for the campaign, both in terms of scheduled and unscheduled events. Joe Biden announced the California Senator, Kamala Harris, as his running mate ahead of the party’s virtual convention. A four day event which was generally received well considering the technical demands needed to execute it.

A week later, the Republicans attempted their own closed-to-the-press convention. A night of nepotism was the perfect backdrop for Donald Trump to pick up his party’s official nomination, smashing through the Hatch Act in the process. While this ordinarily isn’t an important observation, it is worth noting that millions more watched the Democratic convention than the Republican one. That upset some.

Outside of these set piece events, the Trump team planned to sue the state of Nevada because of its plans to increase mail-in-voting for its residents. All part of a wider political battle regarding the United States Postal Service, which saw the Oversight and Reform Committee hear from Postmaster General Louis DeJoy.