Six things to watch in post-convention polls

The end of the Democratic National Convention marks the start of critical post-convention polling, where surveyors expect to get a more reliable assessment of how voters view Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton and who they will vote for in November.

Polling is sooner — In previous years, pollsters needed about two weeks to measure the impact of political conventions on the presidential candidates, but the time frame has been cut in half, Suffolk University polling director David Paleologos told the Washington Examiner.

"Because of the compact nature of the news cycle and people's limited attention spans, two weeks is a lifetime," Paleologos said. "One week is appropriate now to see where the numbers settle."

The bounce — Several polls showed Trump's poll numbers improved after the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, where he delivered a more detailed policy address many in his party had been hoping to hear....

The pendulum will continue to swing and settle and ultimately the race will come down to a small group of undecided voters, many of them independents, in the battleground states," Paleologos said. "And that will decide the election.

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