A CBS News poll conducted July 29 through July 31 shows Clinton polling at 46 percent to Republican Donald Trump’s 39 percent.
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Democrats and independents who lean Democratic said the DNC made them more like to support Clinton by a 72-point margin, while Republicans and Republican-leaning independents said the RNC left them more in favor of Trump by a 60-point margin.
Just after the Republican National Convention, Trump received a three-point post-convention bump to 42%.
Correction: This story was revised to correct that Bill Clinton got a 13-point bounce in 1992.
Clinton also came out stronger in terms of the share of Americans who think her policies will move the country in the right direction, rising from 43 percent of respondents before either convention to 48 percent today, according to the CNN poll.
The poll also shows that 90 percent of both Clinton and Trump voters say their minds are made up about their candidate. The Manhattan billionaire is still locked in a tight race against the former secretary of state, as the RealClearPolitics polling average showed Clinton with a 2.2% lead over Trump.
Both candidates were able to improve on their images since that June poll, when 35 percent of Pennsylvania voters had a favorable view of Clinton and 56 percent held a negative one. In a head-to-head match-up, PPP found the Democratic nominee leading Trump, 50% to 45%, and that five-point advantage remains intact when third-party candidates are added to the mix.
Over half of voters continue to hold an unfavorable opinion of Donald Trump.
Levendusky says the post-convention polls are accurate, but represent a snapshot in time.
Clinton leads Trump by 7 percentage points in a four-way matchup as well, with Gary Johnson garnering 9 percent support and Jill Stein at 5 percent.
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In the latest sample, 1,308 adults nationwide were polled online, including 989 likely voters, from July 25 through Sunday.
