duːkˈækiz lˈiːd ˌoʊvɚ bˈʊʃ—sˈɛvəntˌiːn pˈɔɪnts æt ðɪ ˈɛnd ʌvðə dˌɛməkɹˈæɾɪk kənvˈɛnʃən ɪn dʒuːlˈaɪ—ɪvˈæpɚɹˌeɪɾᵻd baɪ ðɪ ˈɛnd ʌvðə dʒˌiːˌoʊpˈiː kənvˈɛnʃən ɪn ˈɔːɡəst.
Dukakis' lead over Bush—17 points at the end of the Democratic Convention in July—evaporated by the end of the GOP Convention in August.