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Thread #73464 Message #1273998
Posted By: GUEST
17-Sep-04 - 08:48 AM
Thread Name: BS: New Contradictory Poll Results Out
Subject: BS: New Contradictory Poll Results Out
Well, this clears things right up. Nice to see the "experts" so agreeable, isn't it?
From AP:
"WASHINGTON A new Gallup poll being released today gives President Bush a huge 14-point lead over challenger John Kerry.
But that's sharply different from a Pew Research Center poll released just yesterday. It shows Bush losing his convention bounce, with the race once again neck and neck. Pew director Andrew Kohut says after months of deadlock, voter opinion is now unsettled. He says that's going to mean more variation in the polls.
A Harris poll out yesterday also shows the race even. But the Gallup survey gives Bush a 54-to-40 percent lead over Kerry in a three-way matchup in which Ralph Nader gets three percent.
The Pew poll had also given Bush a big bump coming out of the New York convention, but Kohut says the closeness now underscores Bush's vulnerability on Iraq and the economy.