First Post-Debate Polls Are Bad for Biden — But Not Fatal

In the wake of Joe Biden’s shaky and geriatric debate performance in Atlanta on June 27, the reaction among political observers and Democratic elites has been dire (though the latter have typically done their freaking out in private). But it has been hard without solid post-debate polling data to determine if the damage to Biden that so many people in Washington perceive is actually evident in the electorate.

Well, the post-debate polls are finally arriving...