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Voters want more specifics from Kerry Poll shows Democratic candidate losing ground to Bush
msnbc ^ | July 27, 2004 | Richard Morin and Claudia Deane

Posted on 07/27/2004 8:03:41 AM PDT by demlosers

A majority of voters say they know little about John F. Kerry's positions on key issues and want the Democratic presidential candidate to detail specific plans for handling the economy, Iraq and the war on terrorism when he addresses the Democratic National Convention and a nationally televised audience on Thursday, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.

he survey suggests that the stakes for Kerry and the Democrats as they began their convention in Boston could not be higher. In barely a month, Kerry has lost ground to President Bush on every top voting issue in this year's election.

A growing proportion of voters say Bush and not Kerry is the candidate who most closely shares their values, and four in 10 believe the Democrat is "too liberal." Bush has even narrowed the gap on which candidate better understands their problems, an area in which Kerry has led.

The poll suggests that negative ads by the Bush-Cheney campaign that have been airing since early March, as well as attacks by Republican officials, have been increasingly successful in planting the image of Kerry as an unreliable leader who flip-flops on the issues -- perceptions that Democrats will work hard to reverse at their convention.

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KEYWORDS: 2004; kerrystoast; kewl; poll; polls
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To: demlosers; ValerieUSA
The poll suggests that negative ads by the Bush-Cheney campaign that have been airing since early March, as well as attacks by Republican officials, have been increasingly successful in planting the image of Kerry as an unreliable leader who flip-flops on the issues
The article suggests that negative coverage of the Bush-Cheney campaign by the partisan media shills haven't had much impact, except to rebound in favor of the President.

41 posted on 07/27/2004 10:13:27 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Unlike some people, I have a profile. Okay, maybe it's a little large...)
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To: snarkytart
"Jerry Springer said that paraphrased "You can't know a candidate by his voting record - you have to listen to him speak"!"

Just the opposite of - Actions speak louder than words".

42 posted on 07/27/2004 10:19:21 AM PDT by Studebaker Hawk ( (fill in the blank) more than I need; not as many as I want.)
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To: agincourt1415
This link should be copried by everyone here and sent to everyone you know...it says it all!

http://www.kerryquotes.com/votingrecord.htm

43 posted on 07/27/2004 10:38:26 AM PDT by oust the louse
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To: Puppage

Actually Kerry is NOT for both sides of an ISSUE. He will SAY that he is for a moderate stance and then got and VOTE for the LIBERAL stance on an issue. Kerry knows where he stands he just does not want Americans to know he is an out of touch liberal.


44 posted on 07/28/2004 5:27:55 AM PDT by KC_Conspirator (This space outsourced to India)
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