Whatever Donald Trump has done in recent days, or not done — he basically kept out of trouble—is working: the race for the White House, which entered what is generally called the final stretch on Monday, has tightened.

The Republican nominee has not only slashed Hillary Clinton’s lead substantially from 7.7 in early August to 4 points in the RealClearPolitics average of polls, but also overtaken her in some. He leads her by 2 points in a daily tracker run by LA Times and by 1 point in a poll by Reuters/Ipsos released last Friday.

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