---
title: "Clinton Bounce Begins"
description: "Report Summary On the eve of the Democratic Convention, Governor Bill Clinton has taken a giant step toward improving his personal image. A Times Mirror poll conducted on Wednesday and Thursday evening of this week finds 59% of the voting age public having a favorable impression of the Democratic candidate VS. 34% unfavorable. This is […]"
date: "1992-07-11"
authors:
  - name: "Pew Research Center"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/1992/07/11/clinton-bounce-begins/"
categories:
  - "Election News"
  - "Election News"
  - "Politics & Policy"
  - "U.S. Elections & Voters"
---

# Clinton Bounce Begins

## Report Summary

On the eve of the Democratic Convention, Governor Bill Clinton has taken a giant step toward improving his personal image. A Times Mirror poll conducted on Wednesday and Thursday evening of this week finds 59% of the voting age public having a favorable impression of the Democratic candidate VS. 34% unfavorable. This is a much improved evaluation over the 46% favorable, 47% unfavorable rating recorded for Clinton in Times Mirror's June survey. This is the first time since February that Clinton's negative rating has been below the forty percent level.