Despite winning their party's political conventions Saturday, Republican Tom Foley and Democrat Dannel Malloy did not see substantial change in their poll ratings in the governor's race.
That was the analysis Thursday from Douglas Schwartz, the director of the Quinnipiac University poll.
"We didn't see any bounce for Malloy or Foley,'' Schwartz told reporters Thursday.
Foley continued to lead the Republican field by 26 points in the latest Q poll - the exact lead that he had in the previous poll. Malloy, despite winning the party's convention endorsement for the second time, remains behind Democratic challenger Ned Lamont by 17 percentage points, according to the poll.
Overall, 65 percent of registered Democrats polled say they did not know enough about Malloy to form an opinion. That rating came even though Malloy has now won the party's convention endorsement for governor in 2006 and 2010. He raised and spent $4 million before losing the August 2006 primary to New Haven Mayor John DeStefano, who later lost in the general election to Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell by 63 percent to 35 percent.
"It says that he hasn't gotten better known,'' Schwartz said of Malloy. "It was a problem that he had four years ago - getting better known outside Fairfield County. Now, he will have the matching funds so that he can spend some money on advertising that will help him get better known.''
Depending on how much Lamont spends, Malloy - who has qualified for public funding - could receive as much as $2.5 million in public funds for the primary.