Kerry Pulls Ahead of Bush in Newsweek Poll


WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat challenger John Kerry (news - web sites)
has pulled ahead of President Bush (news - web sites) in a poll
published by Newsweek magazine showing Thursday's television debate
erased the lead Bush had enjoyed for the last month.



In a two-way contest, the Kerry/Edwards ticket in the Nov. 2
presidential election led by 49 percent against 46 percent for
Bush/Cheney, according to 1,013 registered voters polled by Princeton
Survey Research Associates International.


According to the poll, 61 percent of Americans who watched the first
presidential debate on Sept. 30 said Kerry won, 19 percent said Bush won
and 16 percent said they tied. The number of debate viewers surveyed was
770.


Bush's job approval rating dropped two points from the Sept. 9-10
Newsweek poll to 46 percent -- a 6-point drop since the Republican
national convention a month ago. Fifty-seven percent of all poll
respondents -- a total of 1,144 adults -- said they were dissatisfied
with the way things were going in the United States now.


Sixty percent of registered voters said Bush administration policies and
diplomatic efforts had led to more anti-Americanism around the world and
51 percent said the administration had not done enough to involve major
allies and international organizations in trying to achieve its foreign
policy goals, the poll showed.


However, 46 percent of registered voters said they would still like to
see Bush re-elected, against 48 percent who said they would not like to
see him re-elected.


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We today have a president of the United States who looks like he is the
son of Howdy Doody or Alfred E. Newman, who isn't smarter than either of
them, who is arrogant about his ignorance, who is reckless and
incompetent, and whose backers are turning the United States into a pariah.

What, me worry?

On Sat, 02 Oct 2004 22:06:47 -0400, Harry Krause wrote:

Kerry Pulls Ahead of Bush in Newsweek Poll

It also seems the Republicans are in danger of losing the Senate.

http://www.electoral-vote.com/

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