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DRUDGE: NEWSWEEK POLL: BUSH LEAD GONE (Registered voters, not likely voters polled)
Drudge ^ | 10/02/04 | DRUDGE REPORT

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


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: allahsaysvotedem; baloney; bushbounce; firstdebate; fraudpoll; globaltest; napalminthemorning; newspeak; newsweak; polls; theythinkwerepuppets; totalbs; yeahright
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To: Hoboto

almost 1/3rd Independents


481 posted on 10/02/2004 3:25:59 PM PDT by gilliam
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To: Brandon

Thanks for the info.


482 posted on 10/02/2004 3:26:11 PM PDT by processing please hold
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To: West Coast Conservative; cyncooper

They oversampled on Democrats...


483 posted on 10/02/2004 3:26:17 PM PDT by Dog
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To: MichelleWSC
Who are you, Tova of Biloxi, with all your predictions and premonitions, and prognosticating?? please come back on Nov. 3, and tell me just how your crystal ball missed the obvious: people are NOT going to change horses midstream unless they are desperate, angry, or hungry. None of which seems to be going on right now.
484 posted on 10/02/2004 3:26:18 PM PDT by small voice in the wilderness (Quick, act casual. If they sense scorn and ridicule, they'll flee..)
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To: LADY J

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.


485 posted on 10/02/2004 3:26:37 PM PDT by beckysueb (W for Prez)
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To: pbrown

BTW, I forgot to say, "Welcome!"


486 posted on 10/02/2004 3:26:38 PM PDT by valleygal
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To: Pokey78
"Winners" of previous first presidential debates

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.

487 posted on 10/02/2004 3:27:00 PM PDT by American Infidel (Criminals prefer unarmed victims)
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To: Sooth2222

Good eye on the time zones. This poll is a joke.


488 posted on 10/02/2004 3:27:25 PM PDT by Yardstick
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To: FairOpinion

I couldn't have said it better!


489 posted on 10/02/2004 3:27:51 PM PDT by queenkathy
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To: valleygal

Don't you all agree that refusing the debates or limiting them to one would have been less damaging? Many incumbents refuse to debate.


490 posted on 10/02/2004 3:28:33 PM PDT by luvbach1 (Let US commanders run the war on terror in iraq,)
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To: tsmith130

How much you want to bet this is a pushpoll?


491 posted on 10/02/2004 3:28:40 PM PDT by OpusatFR (Let me repeat this: the web means never having to swill leftist garbage again. Got it?)
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To: Hoboto

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.


492 posted on 10/02/2004 3:28:46 PM PDT by Flamenco Lady
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To: Hoboto

Oh...I missed the Pacific time zone....so they polled California?.....this poll is so full of holes...BOGUS


493 posted on 10/02/2004 3:29:13 PM PDT by mystery-ak (Mr Kerry, how did we ever get along without you?)
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To: tsmith130

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.


494 posted on 10/02/2004 3:29:26 PM PDT by weegee (What's the provenance, Kenneth? Where did the forged SeeBS memo come from?)
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To: ShandaLear

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


495 posted on 10/02/2004 3:29:35 PM PDT by queenkathy
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To: Hoboto

Where did you get that info on the demographics?


496 posted on 10/02/2004 3:30:20 PM PDT by jwalsh07 (Ask not what you can do for your country, ask the country what it will do for you!)
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To: tsmith130

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.


497 posted on 10/02/2004 3:30:29 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
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To: Darkwolf377

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.


498 posted on 10/02/2004 3:31:04 PM PDT by roaddog727 (The marginal propensity to save is 1 minus the marginal propensity to consume.)
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To: tsmith130

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.


499 posted on 10/02/2004 3:31:17 PM PDT by tomnbeverly (Don't let John Kerry put a price on our childrens heads bear any burden pay any cost elect GW.)
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To: queenkathy

There is absolutely no reason to be depressed.

There is 31 days until the election and anything can happen.

Remember Hillary! LOL!


500 posted on 10/02/2004 3:31:20 PM PDT by ShandaLear (Senator Kerry for President of the Debate Team.)
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