Update on the Polls

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From my last post, the polls on the Presidential race slightly fluctuated during the last two weeks, but more importantly, this is the last post where I'm going to refer to Silver's graph showing when the Convention bounces will evaporate:

John Kerry at the DNC 2012

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One of the speakers that was amusing to hear during the 2012 Democratic National Convention was Senator John Kerry's speech because he made statements that approached satirical proportions. One of the reasons why the failed, presidential candidate's speech is ironic is because he criticizes the current Presidential challenger, Mitt Romney, when in fact Kerry had just as much political baggage as a candidate for President. What's most interesting about reading the transcript of the speech is that the speech is just about foreign policy. The senator starts off his speech as:

Holding Obama's Polling to a Higher Standard

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Lately, Obama's been getting some numbers in the polls that reveal he's losing the bounce from his 2012 DNC. Indeed, Nate Silver from the New York Times predicted that the President would lose his edge near the end of the month. Here's Silver's model predicting how the Convention bounces for each party will fade after two or three weeks: