Bush, Kerry Even In U.S. Presidential Race (43-43 MOE 3%)

[struggle4progress]

(CPOD) Aug. 25, 2004 – The top presidential candidates in the United States are tied, according to a poll by Investor’s Business Daily. 43 per cent of respondents would vote for Republican incumbent George W. Bush in the 2004 election, while 43 per cent would support Democratic nominee John Kerry. Five per cent of respondents would back independent candidate Ralph Nader.
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Methodology: Interviews to 884 registered American voters, conducted from Aug. 17 to Aug. 23, 2004. Margin of error is 3.1 per cent.

http://www.cpod.ubc.ca/polls/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewItem&itemID=3901

[Proud2BAmurkin]

1. Bush gets 3 points for his best ammo. Bwaaaaaaaa!

Bring on the debates and let's finish this ugly chapter of American history.

[TruthIsAll]

9. 43-43 means Kerry will get 52%= 43 + 2/3 of other 14%

Once again:

Historically, 2/3 of undecided/other generally break for the challenger (60-80%).

http://www.geocities.com/electionmodel/

[bluestateguy]

2. I'm not going to make it to November

There ougtta be a law: Polls are only allowed twice a month.

IBD polls tend to lean Republican, yet LA Times polls (B 49%/K 46%) lean Democratic. This is all going to really drive me crazy.

[struggle4progress]

6. Every poll says the same thing: work hard until election day. eom

[Ninchik]

3. Were they asked how they voted last time?

New votes for Bush or old?

[bluestateguy]

4. Whoa, Wo!!! 5 PERCENT for Nader

No no, take off half of that and give it to Kerry. Nader ain't winning 5% of anything, except in Alaska maybe.

[AndyTiedye]

7. No, This is Interesting

We've seen consitantly high votes for Nader in the polls that can
be expected to sample Republicans heavily. Could Nader actually
take votes from Booosh? That would be something.

[truthisfreedom]

5. yawn. watching these polls is like watching the weather... just remember,

the sun will be out on election day. 8^)

[Dover]

8. Myyyyyyyyy Bologa has a first name, it's P.O.L.L.S

my bologna has a second name it's L.I.A.R.S.

[TheWatcher]

10. Does anybody notice that the number of undecideds keeps getting larger

every time, so that they are able to report a tie?

By November the Polls will be running 8%-8% with 84 % undecided.

Then on November 3rd they will report that Bush won 1.5%-1.4% with 98% abstaining because the country is "so divided" that they simply couldn't make a choice.

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