TIME mag rounding numbers to Jr's advantage?

[shockingelk]

(on edit: the impression they're giving is the GOP convention gave Bush a boost. Lower pre-convention numbers for Bush are good for that impression)

Compare the numbers reported in TIME to how the same results are reported at pollingreport.com. Are they rounding numbers differently?

Vote for President (likely voters)

8/31 - 9/2/04
TIME reports
Bush 52
Kerry 41
Nader 3
Unsure 3
(total: 99%)

pollingreport.com
Bush 52
Kerry 42
Nader 3
Unsure 3
(total: 100%)

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8/24 - 8/26/04
TIME reports
Bush 46
Kerry 44
Nader 5
Unsure 3
(total: 98%)

pollingreport.com
Bush 47
Kerry 45
Nader 5
Unsure 3
(total: 100%)

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8/3 - 8/5/04
TIME reports
Bush 43
Kerry 48
Nader 4
Unsure 3
(total: 98%)

pollingreport.com
Bush 44
Kerry 48
Nader 4
Unsure 4
(total: 100%)

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[PROGRESSIVE1]

1. YES they are!

[PROGRESSIVE1]

2. YES they are!

[SOS]

3. Time Magazine

has been right-wing since it's founding. Their polls cannot be trusted.

"The outstanding moral leader of the world today is Mussolini."
- Henry Luce, founder of Time magazine, 1928

[shockingelk]

5. The did break some news damaging to Jr.

Something regarding Valarie Plame comes to mind ...

I'm predicting that the media will soon concentrate the impression Kerry is gaining until he4 has a "slight advantage" and in the last two weeks before the election make it "anybody's call".

Future headlines:

"Is Kerry the comeback kid?"
"Race tied as election looms"
"Next JFK?"
"A week before historic election, all bets are off"

They will use the trend when necessary.
A comparison to previous elections when necessary.
A poll snapshot in time when necessary.
Tossup states when necessary.
National polls when necessary.

Now we're in the "Bush comeback sticks" phase, and they're using the national numbers because if they used tossup states, it would be a slight Kerry advantage.

It's just necessary that the media gets top dollars from advertisers.

[DerBeppo]

4. ?

in all but the first one, the pollingreport numbers are better for *. i don't think i get what you're trying to prove here.

[shockingelk]

7. No, adventageous for the impression

They are concentrating on the impression that the GOP convention really gave Bush a boost.

Had they used 47% instead of 46% for 8/24 - 8/26/04, they wouldn't have been able to report as large a "bounce", etc.

[Meshuga]

6. I cancelled my subscription

I don't want crap coming to my house anymore.