Posted on 05/14/2004 2:00:26 PM PDT by KQQL
That development appears to be helping Sen. John Kerry, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee. He wins the support of 51 percent of likely voters, compared to 46 percent for Bush. In February, Bush was ahead of Kerry by two percentage points.
If Independent Ralph Nader is among the choices, Kerry gets 49 percent, Bush 44 percent and Nader 6 percent.
Bush's overall job approval rating fell from 49 percent to 46 percent since the last CNN/Time poll on April 8, while his disapproval rating rose from 47 percent to 49 percent -- the first time that more people disapproved of Bush's job performance than approved.
The poll was conducted by telephone Wednesday and Thursday.
The margin of error for the total sample of 1,001 adult Americans is 3.1 percentage points
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
What is crazy is all the freeps on here who act like no matter how LAZY the GWB camp is.....WE CAN"T SAY IT....because we can only say "GWB IS GOING TO WIN"..."KERRY IS SCARY"...blah, blah...
The facts remain, GWB approval ratings as of now are bad for an incumbent. The GWB camp has to find creative ways to get his economic message out. Period!
Nonetheless that is reality. People have the political IQ of a jellyfish. Bush needs to get serious about gas prices--waive the federal gas tax, release the oil reserves, and AWNR.
I don't like the idea of releasing oil from our reserves, but if it makes a difference in who'll be President come January... So be it.
I always pick a president on the price of gasoline. LOL
Not on the price of his hair cuts?
Why? I don't agree with that..
Folks, please, let's keep our mouths closed until the first debate. The debate will speak volumessssss! So hold on! Remember we are fighting the forces of evil...the pressWHORES and the demonRATS! I think that debate will turn the tables in favor of W!! He's gonna wipe the floor with LURCH!!
Bush is going to win this election by greater than 55% to 45%. Anyone who believes otherwise should go work for John Kerry right now.
I think the key thing is to look at the states Bush won in 2000 and see which ones he might lose to Kerry.
Which states who voted for Bush would vote for Kerry?
And which states who voted for Gore, would vote for Bush?
And will Kerry keep all the states Gore won?
Key states in play are in my opinion, Ohio, Pennsylvania (and Florida):
Ohio went to Bush.
Pennsylvania went to Gore.
Florida went to Bush.
If Bush loses Ohio and doesn't win Pennsylvania, things don't look good.
This assumes Kerry keeps all of the other states Gore won in 2000.
Bush should be kissing up to Pennsylvania, Ohio and Florida in my opinion.
Good grief... It's not even a "registered voters" poll, let alone a "likely voters" poll. They might as well have surveyed a bunch of Canadians!
Anybody who doesn't think terror is the #1 issue this election is fooling themselves. I wake up every day, turn on the news and am waiting to hear what city was nuked or has a cloud of ricin over it. I don't think I'm alone.
With regard to Saddam. I think allowing the Iraqi's to hold the trial is a bad decision. It could become all mucked up. We should have put him to trial with Iraqi's involved. This would have put forth a reasonable trail, formatted for American's over here to remember just WHO and What Saddam was.....and why we had to remove him from power....Done this way....GWB numbers would have seen a little bump I would expect.
He wins the support of 51 percent of likely voters, compared to 46 percent for Bush.
The trial is going to galvanize the Iraqi people as a country, I think it's a brilliant idea to let the Iraqis do it.
If Bush won't campaign then let's do it for him. Maybe we can start a new thread on ideas of how to get the message out in creative ways the media can't ignore??? Like how the PETA always gets in the news by doing looney things.
I still don't believe that a majority of Americans support a cut-and-run or believe that Iraq was a mistake.
If we are truly that wimpy, we better start worrying about standing up to any enemy in the future.
P.S. The Clinton states (1996) that Gore lost were:
Arkansas
Arizona
Florida
Kentucky
Louisiana
Missouri
New Hampshire
Nevada
Ohio
Tennessee
West Virginia
Would these states who voted for Clinton, reject Gore, then vote for Kerry?
I don't see it that way. It is not part of their culture. I see a trial run by a newly put in government...to be run-a-muck.....I see the trail not being run in fashion formatted for the American public (Western World) to get the most out of it....
What have the Iraqi's done (run by themselves) that has gone smoothly since we liberated them?
Rest Assured! There is no way Clinton and her husband will let Kerry win this Race.
Could be the most accurate statement of the day!
|
ABC News/Washington Post Poll. April 15-18, 2004. N=1,201 adults nationwide. MoE ± 3. Fieldwork by TNS Intersearch. |
||||||
|
. |
|
|||||
"Now of the following list, which one of these will be the single most important issue in your vote for president this year: the U.S. campaign against terrorism, the war in Iraq, the economy and jobs, education, health care, Medicare and prescription drugs, Social Security, or something else?" Items rotated |
||||||
| % | ||||||
| The economy and jobs | 26 | |||||
| Iraq | 23 | |||||
| Campaign against terrorism | 22 | |||||
| Education | 8 | |||||
| Health care | 5 | |||||
| Medicare and prescription drugs | 4 | |||||
| Social Security | 4 | |||||
| Other | 6 | |||||
| No opinion | 1 | |||||
|
|
||||||
|
The Harris Poll. April 8-15, 2004. N=979 adults nationwide. MoE ± 3. |
||||
|
. |
||||
| "What do you think are the two most important issues for the government to address?" | ||||
|
Top Responses
|
||||
| 4/04 | 2/04 | |||
| % | % | |||
| The economy (non-specific) | 28 | 31 | ||
| The war | 20 | 13 | ||
| Employment/Jobs | 15 | 16 | ||
| Iraq/Saddam Hussein | 10 | 6 | ||
| Health care (other than Medicare) | 9 | 16 | ||
| Terrorism | 8 | 4 | ||
| Military/Defense | 7 | 5 | ||
| Homeland/Domestic security | 6 | 8 | ||
| Education | 6 | 11 | ||
|
|
||||
|
Associated Press-Ipsos poll conducted by Ipsos-Public Affairs. March 19-21, 2004. N=784 registered voters nationwide. MoE ± 3.5. |
||||||
|
. |
||||||
"I'm going to read you a list of issues and I'm going to read the list twice. Please tell me which ONE issue is MOST important to you in deciding how you will vote for president in November. . . ." |
||||||
| % | ||||||
| The economy and jobs | 35 | |||||
| National security | 22 | |||||
| Health care | 16 | |||||
| The war in Iraq | 11 | |||||
| Education | 8 | |||||
| Taxes | 5 | |||||
| Other (vol.) | 2 | |||||
| Not sure | 1 | |||||
|
|
||||||
|
CBS News/New York Times Poll. March 10-14, 2004. N=984 registered voters nationwide. MoE ± 3. |
||||
|
. |
||||
|
"Which ONE issue would you most like to hear the candidates for president discuss during the 2004 presidential campaign?" |
||||
| % | ||||
| Economy and jobs | 31 | |||
| War in Iraq | 11 | |||
| Health care/Medicare/Medicaid | 10 | |||
| Education | 4 | |||
| Terrorism (general) | 4 | |||
| Other | 31 | |||
| Don't know | 9 | |||
|
|
||||
|
CNN/USA Today/Gallup Poll. March 5-7, 2004. N=503 adults nationwide. MoE ± 5. |
||||||
|
. |
||||||
|
"Thinking ahead to the elections for president in 2004, if you had to choose, which of the following issues will be more important to your vote: economic conditions or terrorism?" Items rotated |
||||||
| Economic Conditions |
Terrorism | Both Equally (vol.) |
Neither (vol.) |
No Opinion |
||
| % | % | % | % | % | ||
| 3/04 | 65 | 26 | 8 | 1 | - | |
| 1/03 | 53 | 32 | 13 | 1 | 1 | |
|
|
||||||
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.