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Gallup poll: Convention helped Dems, harmed GOP

By Ryan Lovelace
Published August 1, 2016 7:44pm ET
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The Republican and Democratic conventions appear to have hurt the GOP and benefited the Democrats, according to new polls.

Gallup’s polling showed 52 percent of Americans surveyed held a less favorable opinion of the GOP as a result of its convention, as compared to 35 percent of respondents who had a more favorable opinion of the Republican Party afterward.

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