Nonpartisan election handicapper Sabato’s Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia Center for Politics is shifting two Midwestern states toward former President Trump’s direction postdebate. Sabato’s Crystal Ball managing editor Kyle Kondik wrote in an analysis Wednesday that the election handicapper was moving the presidential horse race in Michigan from “leans Democratic” to “toss up,

A top election forecaster predicts that Minnesota's presidential race will be even more competitive in the wake of President Biden's debate performance. The big picture: The rating change is the latest sign that questions about Biden's age and fitness for office could put more states in play this November if he remains the nominee.

Minnesota Democrats, some of whom had insisted Biden was sharp, are reckoning with the president's halting debate performance.