Pew Poll 47-47-1 LV 45-45-1 RV

[Thrill]

http://people-press.org/reports/display.php3?ReportID=229

[Beaverhausen]

1. Sweet!

thanks. looks great. Kerry has the momentum.

[flowomo]

2. Sweeter!

[Randi_Listener]

3. It looks good

We need a 1%-2% margin by election day and I will be VERY confident. If it's 50%-47% Kerry on election day, it's in the motherfucking bag.

[TrogL]

4. Not to get too confident, but..

I recent civic elections, the newspapers were saying it was all tied up. Results - a landslide for the liberal candidate.

[Randi_Listener]

5. It should be all set.

n/t

[jefferson_dem]

8. The conventional wisdom is that Chimp himself needs 3-4 point edge

to pull it out on election day, the way the undecideds break for challenger.

[michigandem2]

6. wow...its nice to see Kerry move up in numbers and Bush moves

DOWN....wooohooo..keep it up Kerry! 13 days and counting

[speedoo]

7. Here's some very nice "internal" news.

"While the priorities of committed Bush voters differ markedly from those of certain Kerry voters, swing voters' priorities are much closer to those of Kerry supporters than Bush voters. Nearly nine-in-ten Bush voters (88%) cite terrorism as very important to their vote, while other issues lag well behind in importance. Iraq and moral issues rank second among Bush voters (at 74% and 73% respectively), followed by the economy and education (67% each). Both terrorism and moral values rank much lower among the priorities of Kerry supporters and swing voters, which are dominated by bread-and butter issues such as jobs, health care and the economy."

Seems like just more reason to expect most of the undecideds to vote for Kerry/Edwards.

(edited for typos)

[jefferson_dem]

9. I said, Hell Yeah! Bush Approval Ratings Sag

This is the key to chimp's downfall -

Overall views of Bush's performance in office continue to sag. Evaluations of the president's handling of Iraq, terrorism and foreign policy moved somewhat higher in the weeks following the Republican convention, but they have returned to levels as low, or lower, as in the late spring and summer.

Currently, 44% of Americans approve of the president's job overall, while 48% disapprove. By large margins, majorities disapprove of how the president is handling Iraq (56% disapprove, 37% approve) and the economy (55%, 38%). Just under half of Americans (49%) approve of how the president is handling terrorist threats, down from 62% in early September.