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Well, that's a convention first...

Slowly but surely, the post-convention polls are coming out, and to this point, the following conclusions can be made: 1) The DNC aided Hillary Clinton both in favorability and the general election and 2) The RNC may have had the opposite effect on Donald Trump.

According to the polls, Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton now has anywhere from a 5- to a 15-point lead on Republican nominee Donald Trump. Not only that, but Gallup released a first in polling on Monday. For the first time in 30 years, a convention resulted in less support from the public for a party's nominee than before the convention.

Here's how those results break down:

Democratic convention
More likely to vote for Hillary Clinton: 45%
Less likely to vote for Hillary Clinton: 41%
Net: +4%

Republican convention
More likely to vote for Donald Trump: 36%
Less likely to vote for Donald Trump: 51%
Net: -15%

While Hillary Clinton's post-convention favorability bounce may not have been anything to write home about, it was far superior to Donald Trump's. Since 1984 (excluding this year), Republican nominees have averaged to get a +9.0 RNC favorability bounce. Trump's "bounce" was 24 points below that number. I guess that doom-and-gloom-armageddon-is-upon-us shtick wasn't as uplifting as the GOP had anticipated. Shocking...

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