I am surprised this isn't dairy'd yea (or did I miss it) yet, but a Fox Poll contains strong evidence of a post-convention bounce:
Overall, the Obama-Biden ticket tops the Romney-Ryan ticket by 48 to 43 percent among likely voters. The president’s advantage is within the poll’s margin of sampling error.
That’s a four-point “convention bounce” for Obama among likely voters. Before the conventions, Romney edged Obama by one point (45-44 percent, August 19-21, 2012).
But the bigger news is below the fold:
Indpendents have switched allegience and they are fewer and fewer of them up for grabs:
The conventions helped a number of undecided independents pick a candidate. Before the Republican convention in Tampa, independents backed Romney by a 10-point margin (42-32 percent) and 26 percent were undecided. Today independents go for Obama by 5 points (44-39 percent) and 17 percent are undecided.
Look at that...
a 15 percent swing among undecided toward Obama. I mean that is huge.
Then there is his popularity:
Obama’s personal favorable rating also improves -- up two points to 53 percent since the conventions. Romney’s favorable rating holds steady at 49 percent.
And the issues:
The poll finds the president has a significant advantage on most issues and candidate traits. Voters trust Obama more than Romney on foreign policy (+15 points), education (+14 points), Medicare (+11 points), health care (+9 points) and terrorism (+8 points).
Personal qualities:
On personal qualities, voters think Obama is better described than Romney as being honest (+11 points), being a steady leader (+10 points) and having the right experience (+7 points).
And hee is a particlarly interesting, Obama wins on handling the economy:
Voters who say the economy is the top priority back Obama over Romney by 49-43 percent, while fiscal-issue voters back Romney by 47-42 percent.
Keep up the pressure!
Don't get complacent!
Don't forget the down ticket races!