Posted on 10/05/2004 4:32:08 PM PDT by TomEwall
FAIRFIELD, Conn., Oct. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- A national poll released today by the Sacred Heart University Polling Institute indicates that despite who they plan to support on November 2, 2004, 69.9% believe President Bush will be re- elected, while 21.6% believe Senator Kerry will win.
The Election Today:
In an "election held today," President Bush would defeat Senator Kerry 48.4% to 43.3% among likely voters. Another 2.3% would support Ralph Nader, 5.3% remained undecided and 0.7% refused.
Surrogates:
Respondents were asked if they were aware of twenty different Bush and Kerry surrogate campaigners, such as U.S. Senator John McCain, former Vice President Al Gore, film maker Michael Moore, and radio/TV host Sean Hannity. Aware respondents were asked if they had a favorable or unfavorable impression of each.
The overall average favorable rating for the ten Bush campaign surrogates was 61.3% while the overall average favorable rating for the ten Kerry campaign surrogates was 51.2%.
The 2008 Presidential Election:
If the 2008 Presidential election "were held today," 50.8% of registered voters would expect to support U.S. Senator John McCain (R), and 36.7% would expect to support U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton (D). Some 8.6% are undecided and 0.8% refused.
If the Republican nominee was former New York City Mayor Rudy Guiliani, 55.0% would expect to support the former Mayor while 35.6% would expect to support U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton, the Democrat.
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Pretty poor numbers for Hillary. Kind of encouraging for 2008, though that's a long way away.
Bush will be ahead and stay ahead. Bush owns Kerry! GO BUSH! GO CHENEY!
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