… Efforts to use the conventions to change the minds of those who are voting for the opposite party’s candidate present a real challenge, given that a lot of those people simply aren’t watching. That doesn’t mean that the opponent’s people don’t pick up some news of the convention through secondary references. They probably do. …
Going along with that, we didn’t see any significant shift in vote intentions following the GOP convention. On the other hand, we are beginning to see some stronger support for Obama over the last couple of nights (Tue and Wed). [cont.]
Frank Newport, Gallup