Posted on 08/25/2004 8:00:50 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants
WASHINGTON -- President Bush heads into next week's Republican national convention with voters moving slightly in his direction since July amid signs that John F. Kerry has been nicked by attacks on his service in Vietnam, a Los Angeles Times Poll has found.
For the first time this year in a Times survey, Bush led Kerry in the presidential race, drawing 49 percent among registered voters, compared to 46 percent for the Democrat. In a Times Poll just before the Democratic convention last month, Kerry held a 2 percentage point advantage over Bush.
That small shift from July was within the poll's margin of error. But it fit with other findings in the Times Poll showing the electorate edging toward Bush over the past month on a broad range of measures, from support for his handling of Iraq to confidence in his leadership and honesty.
Although a solid majority of Americans say they believe Kerry served honorably in Vietnam, the poll showed that the fierce attacks on the senator from a group of Vietnam veterans criticizing both his performance in combat and anti-war protests at home have left some marks: Kerry suffered small but consistent erosion compared to July on questions relating to his Vietnam experience, his honesty and his fitness to serve as commander in chief.
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That sinking sound is blissful. : )
The Left comments from a perspective from which they relate. For example, if you are a hammer, you see everything as a nail. Thus, if you are an ignoramus, you see everyone as an ignoramus. This is why leftist policy sells best among the extremely uneducated and ignorant.
Don't forget, the main arsenal in the pre-election holster of Kerry is the youth vote. The ones that are registering, protesting etc. The strange thing is on election day these future conservatives will be too busy playing with their game cube, nursing a hangover, or whatever to bother to vote. That segment I am sure is giving 5pts to Kerry. Pollster asks "How likely are you to vote?" They answer in the affirmative. Odds are they won't show up.
I think it could get MUCH worse for the Senator. Why do I have the feeling that the Hollywood Left is smelling the coffee and waking up to the fact that Kerry is the worst candidate to field against President Bush? I think one George Soros may soon wake up to this fact and is realizing what a financial sinkhole that US$15 million invested in MoveOn.org has become.
This is what happens when all your lies are found out!
A sure sign he is swirling the drain is how he sent Cleland out to whore for him today. That was pathetic. Reminds me of the day the Jehovah's Witness' came to our door, gave the spiel, wnated a donation. My wife had no money on here, so she gave the guy a couple of cans of soup. 2 days later he shows up again, parks the car, opens the trunk, unloads a couple of wheelchairs and proceeds to get 2 people from the car into them, to kikc the panhandling up a notch from somebody he was sure was a bonafide "mark".
Yea, and you have to love the Times, using terms like "edge" to describe the Bush lead and "nick" to describe the Kerry collapse.
They sure didn't print this article with any "bias". LOL!
Good move, never forget how 5 points up in October turned to even on Election nite 2000.
Does anyone think that Soros will be spending his money in the next General Election? Soros likes results for his money and he isn't going to get it. President Bush will win and he will look very foolish.
Quick and dirty estimate based on the party splits (3% Republicans for Kerry, 15% Democrats for Bush, and even among independents): The Times sampled 7% more Democrats than Republicans, that's how they would end up with those splits and a 2-point Bush lead. In other words, Bush's real lead is probably more like 5 points or more.
As many Republicans said they believed Kerry was lying as believe he fought honorably. By nearly 10-1, Democrats said Kerry served honorably.Independents sided with Kerry in the dispute by more than 5-1.
The key point here is that almost 20% of independents, i.e. swing voters, now view Kerry as a liar. That's 5-6% of all voters who now have a dimmer view of Kerry. That's huge in a close race.
The pollsters will fudge the numbers up until the election. The pollster whose final numbers are closest to the election results is the winner. Up until that point there's no way to verify poll numbers, hence the wild variations in polling results.
Very true. Just this week, I asked every Bush supporter I know at work if they have ever been "polled." Not a single one of us has ever been polled. Given that human nature is heavily slanted toward lazy, and poll dialers are usually in John Edwards "other America", I suspect each and every poll is reporting the same opinions from the very same group of people, i.e. those that are sitting around at home during work hours watching Oprah.
As many have said, the only poll that matters is the one in November. That's when I'll get "polled".
Free Republic is not an accurate sample of everyday life. It isn't even an accurate sample of Republicans or conservatives sometimes.
Yea right! You're joking, right?
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