Corbyn was a natural campaigner. Four decades of pressing the buttons of left-wing audiences at protest rallies stood him in good stead. While May seemed contorted by shyness and hauteur, in the words of one Labour aide, ‘Jeremy just seemed happy on the television.’ Corbyn’s personal approval rating climbed from minus 42 to minus 2, and had even overtaken May’s by the end of the campaign. But he remained less popular than his party, while May was more popular than hers.
