TIMECNN POLL: Most Registered Voters Would Choose Bush
Fri Nov 21 2003 19:44:24 ET

New York - If the 2004 Presidential election was held today,
registered voters surveyed for TIME/CNN would choose
President George W. Bush over any of the declared Democratic candidates.

In a direct run against Bush, Gen. Wesley Clark fares the best
among registered voters (Clark 42%, Bush 49%), closely followed
by Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry (Kerry 41%, Bush 49%).

Bush would beat any of three other Democrats, 52 percent to
39 percent, in a direct match: Missouri Rep. Dick Gephardt,
Connecticut Sen. Joseph Lieberman, or Vermont Gov. Howard
Dean. Against Bush, North Carolina Sen. John Edwards would
lose, 38 percent to 52 percent.

When registered Democrats are asked which Democratic
presidential nominee they would vote for, Dean edges out
Clark 14 percent to 12 percent, followed Lieberman (11%),
Kerry (9%), Gephardt (6%), then Edwards and the Rev. Al
Sharpton (5%).

The TIME/CNN Poll, conducted November 18-19, 2003 by Harris
Interactive, surveyed 1,330 registered voters by telephone.
The margin of error is +/-2.7% points for registered voters,
and +/-4.7% for Democratic voters surveyed for TIME/CNN.