I wonder what polls said at this time in 1980? I doubt Reagan was ahead. Every race is different, and I am trying to be as objective as possible and not see just what I want to see. But this is not how an incumbent wants to go into a re-election vote.
We have to keep working, up to election day and maybe even after!
AP final statement in 1980 was:
“The polling for the presidential election between Carter and Reagan is too close to call”
LLS