Here's the latest graphic, with just a brief commentary below.
The signs of hope for the Democrats between October 11-17 that I reported last week, with a few polls showing a close generic ballot between the two parties, shifted in a clear Republican direction from October 18-24. Within the past week, there was a clustering of polls within the range of GOP +5 to +10.
Within the last couple of days, another Newsweek poll came out showing the Democrats ahead. Their last one proved to be an outlier at the time. Whether this newest one is the same or turns out to have prognostic significance, we'll learn with the latest batch of polls from other outfits, coming out tomorrow and the rest of the week.