Posted on 10/02/2004 1:45:56 PM PDT by tsmith130
Edited on 10/02/2004 2:53:28 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
NEWSWEEK POLL: BUSH LEAD GONE
Sat Oct 02 2004 16:42:32 ET
New York-Sixty-one percent of Americans who watched the first presidential debate on September 30 say Sen. John Kerry won; 19 percent say President George W. Bush won and 16 percent say they tied, according to the latest Newsweek Poll which was conducted after the debate ended. Fifty-six percent say Kerry did better than they expected; 11 percent say so for Bush. Thirty-eight percent say Bush did worse than expected; 3 percent say so for Kerry, the poll shows.
The debate erased the lead the Bush/Cheney ticket has held over Kerry/Edwards in the Newsweek Poll since the Republican convention. In a three-way trial heat including Ralph Nader/Peter Camejo, among registered voters Kerry/Edwards leads Bush/Cheney 47 percent v. 45 percent with 2 percent for Nader/Camejo. In a two-way heat, Kerry/Edwards leads 49 percent v. 46 percent for Bush/Cheney, the poll shows.
A 62-percent majority of viewers says Kerry seemed more confident and self-assured (26% say so for Bush) and 51 percent say Kerry had better command of issues and facts (37% for Bush). Forty-seven percent say Kerry seemed more personally likeable (41 % for Bush) and 49 percent say Kerry came closer to reflecting their own views on most foreign policy issues (43% for Bush). The two were nearly even on several other points, including who came across as a strong leader (47% Kerry, 44% Bush) and who had a better plan for dealing with the situation in Iraq (45% for both). Forty percent of viewers thought Kerry was too wordy and 57 percent thought Bush was too repetitive.
Fifty-seven percent of all poll respondents say they are dissatisfied with the way things are going in the United States at this time. Bush's job approval rating dropped two points from the Sept. 9-10 Newsweek Poll to 46 percent-a 6-point drop since the poll taken during and after the Republican convention. Forty-eight percent of registered voters polled say they would not like to see Bush re-elected but almost as many (46%) say they would.
Excerpt, the rest of the article is here: NEWSWEEK POLL: BUSH LEAD GONE
almost 1/3rd Independents
Thanks for the info.
They oversampled on Democrats...
Besides the freaks over at DU are lurking in FR and going back and posting all the whining and getting a big laugh out of it.
BTW, I forgot to say, "Welcome!"
1980 Carter
1984 Mondale
1988 Dukakis
1992 Perot
2000 Gore
Notice a pattern here?
Don't sweat it. Most voters realize that Al Qaeda doesn't want to debate us. They want to kill us, and we need a strong leader to be proactive in this war. Kerry accuses the president of ignoring homeland security. How many attacks have we had since 9-11? That's what I thought. Ironically, kerry and the dems want to dismantle one of the key components of our homeland security; The Patriot Act. We will prevail.
Good eye on the time zones. This poll is a joke.
I couldn't have said it better!
Don't you all agree that refusing the debates or limiting them to one would have been less damaging? Many incumbents refuse to debate.
How much you want to bet this is a pushpoll?
Look specifically at the Pacific Time Zone: California, Oregon and Washington voters. Get real here, all three of these are heavy Democratic States with large groups of Independents that tend to vote Democratic on the National tickets.
Oh...I missed the Pacific time zone....so they polled California?.....this poll is so full of holes...BOGUS
Did Drudge ever both to post a headline saying that the DNC emailed all of the marching morons to flood polls and response lines giving Kerry an 80% victory in most unscientific polls?
It is all about influencing public opinion, not about actually determining what the public opinion is.
Man that razor blade thing is really bad! I mean I'm depressed but there's always tomorrow. The worse part of it is hearing the dems on all the talk shows spouting this new poll. Oh yuck. it's like nana nana booboo
Where did you get that info on the demographics?
For what it is worth: I just saw "The Beltway Boys" on Fox and they scored the electoral college race something like 344-194 for Bush.
Bingo!
The old form vs substance argument.
Clearly Kerry had better form.
Clearly Prez Bush was far more substantive.
Once you bite into the seeming substance of Kerry's message, it all melts away. This is much like biting into a chocolate bunny that you though was solid, but was actually only a chocolate shell with a marsh-mellow interior - nothing of substance.
Umm where did they ask about who you would vote for as president? What do we assume that you win a debate poll and you win the presidency??? what a crock.
There is absolutely no reason to be depressed.
There is 31 days until the election and anything can happen.
Remember Hillary! LOL!
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