CONVENTION BOUNCES--WHAT THEY MEAN

What a Convention Bounce Looks Like
15 Aug 2008 04:47 pm

Nate Silver crunches the numbers. The gist:

A 6-point convention bounce represents par. If a candidate gets a bounce larger than 6 points, that can be considered to be a good sign. If the bounce is smaller than 6 points, that can be considered to be a bad sign.