Opinion polls taken shortly after the conclusion of the convention showed the Republicans with a significant "convention bounce" of increased support.

Polls conducted after Kerry's speech showed no significant increase of support (or "convention bounce") for the Democratic nominee's bid to unseat President Bush.

His campaign hopes the traditional convention "bounce" will put him within a few points of Governor Bush just as voters start to focus on the issues.

A19 News Analysis: The "convention bounce" is often transitory.

This probably hurt the McGovern campaign by not creating the so-called "convention bounce."

Because people have focused on the race earlier, he's already gotten much of his convention bounce.

And there is another factor: No convention bounce exists in isolation.

The much-discussed convention bounce is a temporary rise in the opinion polls caused by the television exposure and print commentary during a party's national convention.

As The Associated Press reported in 1988, "The convention bounce usually settles down as voters focus on the issues of the race."

The convention bounce gave the Clinton/Gore ticket a lead that only shrank significantly when Ross Perot re-entered the race.