Democrat John Kerry (news - web sites) has a solid lead over President Bush (news - web sites) among voters nationwide, according to a Los Angeles Times poll on June 10, 2004 that cited widespread unease over the country's direction, Iraq (news - web sites) policies and the economy. Kerry, the U.S. senator from Massachusetts, led Bush by 51 percent to 44 percent nationally in a two-way match-up, according to the poll of 1,230 registered voters taken from June 5 to June 8, 2004. (Reuters Graphic)