Much of the media has reveled in national polls showing Trump losing handily to Biden in national polls, and often to other Democrats, as well. The New York Times has new polling just in key battleground states, and it looks much better for Trump:

Despite low national approval ratings and the specter of impeachment, President Trump remains highly competitive in the battleground states likeliest to decide his re-election, according to a set of new surveys from The New York Times Upshot and Siena College. Across the six closest states that went Republican in 2016, he trails Joe Biden by an average of two points among registered voters but stays within the margin of error. Mr. Trump leads Elizabeth Warren by two points among registered voters, the same margin as his win over Hillary Clinton in these states three years ago The poll showed Bernie Sanders deadlocked with the president among registered voters, but trailing among likely voters.

The poll goes to show how Trump opponents have convinced themselves that beating him will be easy, when they should really consider it a formidable task that requires considerable care and thought: