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SOUTH DAKOTA: GOP Poll Puts Thune At The Magic 50 Mark
Hotline ^ | 8/31/04

Posted on 08/31/2004 4:27:57 PM PDT by Cableguy

A Public Opinion Strategies (R) poll, conducted 8/24-26 for the NRSC, surveyed 500 likely voters; margin of error +/- 4.4% (NRSC release, 8/31). Tested: Sen. Tom Daschle (D) and '02 GOP nominee John Thune.

General Election Matchup All Fav/Unfav Thune 50% 62%/29% Daschle 48 61 /35 DK/Other 2

Pollster Glen Bolger: "In the nearly two months since he has gone on the air, Thune has closed the gap, even in the midst of a challenging national political climate. John Thune's message of independence and standing up for [SD] values has reminded voters why they like him, and has translated into a strong showing on the ballot test" (release, 8/31).


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: South Dakota
KEYWORDS: 2004; battleground; daschle; electionussenate; kewl; polls; thune
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To: COBOL2Java

That, you can take to the bank...several times..


21 posted on 08/31/2004 4:53:27 PM PDT by ken5050 (Bill Clinton has just signed to be the national spokesman for Hummer..)
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To: Cableguy; Kuksool; AuH2ORepublican; Impy; onyx; KQQL; kattracks; zbigreddogz; William Creel; ...

GREAT news from South Dakota!


22 posted on 08/31/2004 4:53:57 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued
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To: Cableguy
Here's the polling formated a little better:
General Election Matchup
           All  Fav/Unfav
Thune      50%  62%/29%
Daschle    48   61 /35
DK/Other    2

23 posted on 08/31/2004 4:55:00 PM PDT by upchuck (You do know that the Tasmanians, who never committed adultery, are now extinct, don't you?)
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To: Clintonfatigued

Injuns will rise from the dead and Tommy will be back for another term.


24 posted on 08/31/2004 4:55:16 PM PDT by ambrose (http://www.swiftvets.com/)
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To: rhinohunter

Liddy Dole has made it her personal mission to get Burr elected...She's whomped Bowles once..she doesn't want him in there with her in the Senate..


25 posted on 08/31/2004 4:55:27 PM PDT by ken5050 (Bill Clinton has just signed to be the national spokesman for Hummer..)
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To: badgerbengal

I wouldn't call him a RINO, no.

More like a moderate conservative...just about where I would place the President on the scale from right to left.

Rape and incest exception on abortion. He voted for so-called 'campaign finance reform' when he was in the House.

Other than that, a pretty reliable vote in the GOP caucus.

'Course, they're a bit more unchained in the Senate.

But whatever, he is a very decent guy, and will be a one million percent improvement over Commie Tommy.


26 posted on 08/31/2004 4:56:02 PM PDT by EternalVigilance (A REPUBLIC, IF YOU CAN KEEP IT...)
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To: ambrose
Injuns will rise from the dead and Tommy will be back for another term.

Don't count on it.

Sensitivities are very high in the courthouses after the debacle two years ago.

27 posted on 08/31/2004 4:58:14 PM PDT by EternalVigilance (A REPUBLIC, IF YOU CAN KEEP IT...)
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To: COBOL2Java

Ironically, Thune is running with a bit of seperation from the President. SD will vote for President Bush in overwhelming numbers, but they don't like to see Thune too chummy with him. It's sort of a mass hysteria thing about needing Thune to be loyal to SD first, and party second. I think Thune figured this out sometime after the loss to Johnson. WE ARE GOING TO BEAT DASCHLE! I feel it.


28 posted on 08/31/2004 5:01:04 PM PDT by SoDak
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To: EternalVigilance

Thats good, I dont expect 100% agreement. A moderate conservative is better than the out and out liberal Republicans that undermine the conservative agenda from within the party.


29 posted on 08/31/2004 5:03:20 PM PDT by badgerbengal (If Bush wins here in WI Kerry will get slaughtered)
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To: SoDak
WE ARE GOING TO BEAT DASCHLE! I feel it.

Ah, beautiful music to my ears! *grin*

30 posted on 08/31/2004 5:04:50 PM PDT by EternalVigilance (A REPUBLIC, IF YOU CAN KEEP IT...)
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To: Cableguy

Tom Daschle is deeply saddened.


31 posted on 08/31/2004 5:06:32 PM PDT by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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To: EternalVigilance

If vote fraud worked every time, Jim Abdnor and Larry Pressler would never have made it into the Senate.


32 posted on 08/31/2004 5:25:47 PM PDT by Galactic Overlord-In-Chief (Kerry, you have low poll numbers but I have good news. I just saved hundreds by switching to Geico.)
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To: Cableguy

Go Thune!

How can I donate?

Got link?


33 posted on 08/31/2004 5:26:54 PM PDT by wardaddy
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To: TonyInOhio; Cableguy

Thanks...I shoulda scrolled the thread.


34 posted on 08/31/2004 5:27:54 PM PDT by wardaddy
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To: Galactic Overlord-In-Chief

No kidding.

It has to be close for their schemes to work.

And I don't think this one is going to be that close.

Besides, there are lots of eyes on them this time. Gonna be tough for the thieves.


35 posted on 08/31/2004 5:27:56 PM PDT by EternalVigilance (A REPUBLIC, IF YOU CAN KEEP IT...)
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To: upchuck
Thank you for putting the data in tabular form.
I do not know why a large number of Freepers, who may otherwise be fine folk, have such a major problem in placing numbers in a readily discernable form.
36 posted on 08/31/2004 5:38:10 PM PDT by curmudgeonII (If you listen you can hear the sound of the train that Kerry missed.)
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To: counterpunch

Frankly, I am surprised that FOXNEWS and/or Bill O'Reilly have not hired the Dash-HOLE as a political analyst!!!!


37 posted on 08/31/2004 5:38:33 PM PDT by pointsal
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To: counterpunch

Frankly, I am surprised that FOXNEWS and/or Bill O'Reilly have not hired the Dash-HOLE as a political analyst!!!!


38 posted on 08/31/2004 5:38:42 PM PDT by pointsal
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To: TonyInOhio

Just went on the Thune site and donated $100. Wonderful what payday can do for one's generosity, isn't it? I always regretted that the Pubbies didn't contest Thune's previous contest in SD. I never really understood why they didn't.


39 posted on 08/31/2004 5:43:37 PM PDT by Irene Adler
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To: COBOL2Java
Tom Daschle is....oh heck you know what he is!

Toast?

40 posted on 08/31/2004 5:46:15 PM PDT by The_Victor
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