With the conventions now over, we can look forward to a very closely fought presidential election.

Peter Trubowitz, Director of the LSE’s US Centre, writes that with the Democrats offering optimism and the Republicans doom and gloom, this year’s conventions were a study in role reversals. Despite the Democrats’ positive narrative, however, 70 percent of voters feel that the country is on the wrong track. To win in November, he writes, Clinton will need to gain the support of disgruntled Sanders voters, while Trump will be looking for the votes of non-college educated whites in key battleground states.