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
Welcome newbie!
I have every confidence in the strength and fortitude of President Bush!
Its a numbers game and it seems that Newsweek had to change the affliations to show an improvement for Kerry. A dramatic switch from the previous polls. I am actually reassured by your posting the internal numbers, since it just didnt seem to me that people were watching that intently and just changed their minds based on one debate.
Well Elanor works for Newsweak. She probably had the poll done
Bump
Hewitt on his show thinks the election will be decided by women, and especially the Security Moms not having confidence in Kerry.
Map as of today:
Strong Kerry (112) Weak Kerry (48) Barely Kerry (78) Exactly tied (4) Barely Bush (64) Weak Bush (105) Strong Bush (127)
The usual reason: insufficient contempt for democrats.
ROFL!
Thanks a lot for putting THAT jingle in my head for the night.
This is all so transparently silly. HEY ALL YOU TROLLS AND HANDWRINGERS!!!! If all the other polls that come out this week show a 11% shift in partisan affiliation like this one (fat chance), I'll send Micheal Moore a check for $1000 . Not gonna happen! I have nothing to say to teh trolls. But you chicken littles disgust me. No wonder the Dems held power for so long.
http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/graham200410011024.asp
Electoral Vote Predictor 2004: Kerry 238 Bush 296
electoral-vote.com
Do you suspect the bribe to Rove that he implies in one of his earlier posts? Please.
You obviously missed the point. Becoming discouraged because of one debate or one leftist poll is just silly.
Cheer up......read THIS
Agreed.
Trolls and sleepers are one thing, but everyone else had better insert a rod into their spine and understand the Dems only hope of winning is through Fraud. The internals have been exposed and the poll is junk.
Wait until the internals are released on these polls before believing media spin. Hysterics over nothing only amuse the enemy.
You have one of the coolest screennames around.
That's as good an answer as any. Bush did a good job earlier during this term of ignoring the Democrats and the press, and the way they reacted made things worse for them.
A truly ugly man.
Were you saying that before this 1st debate? Because I know I was thinking the same thing, but then look what happened. I will only believe W will do fine in the upcoming debates when it happens, and not before then.
OH BROTHER!!
Start paying attention, people! You guys are misinformed, and completely WRONG!
THIS CAMPAIGN IS IN HIGH GEAR AND NO ONE IS TAKING ANYTHING FOR GRANTED!
Now get out there and do some work to make SURE it happens, you gloomy gusses!!
According to the Beltway Boys, Bush is doing a good job getting the message out as to Kerry's inconsistencies, and it's starting to backfire on him now.
Not too long ago, of course, there was talk of taking NJ. We're sort of far from that talk.
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