Posted on 10/31/2004 8:13:43 PM PST by goldstategop
New York Times/CBS Poll
As most of you know, we here at Polipundit.com are not enthusiastic supporters of either the New York Times or CBS News, but there are some very interesting findings in their latest poll showing President Bush up 48%-45%. You can find the polls at the New York Times website. I cannot link to it.
John Kerry has a 41% favorable, 47% unfavorable rating. This is his worst rating ever.
President Bush has a 48% favorable, 41% unfavorable rating. That is his best rating since last December.
Undecided voters lean to President Bush 50%-47%, validating the Pew finding and calling the Gallup number into question.
66% of Bush voters strongly favor their candidate.
50% of Kerry voters strongly favor their candidate.
By a 49%-34% margin, voters expect President Bush to win.
President Bush has a 49%-44% job approval rating.
The right track today is 43%. In 1996, it was only 39%.
48% of voters will vote on national security issues; only 33% on domestic issues.
By a 54%-29%, voters believe the Bush Administration has made them safer.
53% of voters do not think that Kerry agrees with their priorities, his worst number ever. 42% believe he has the same.
48% of voters do not think that Bush agrees with their priorities. 49% believe he does share their priorities.
52% of voters think Kerry has leadership qualities, his lowest number ever.
62% of voters think President Bush has leadership qualities.
57% of voters are uneasy with Kerry’s ability to handle a crisis.
60% believe Kerry says what people want to hear. Only 36% say that about President Bush.
53% of Americans say we did the right think in Iraq. Only 42% disagree.
31% say their families are better off than they were four years ago. 40% say about the same.
Most importantly, the percentage of voters call themselves a liberal has declined to 17%, the lowest number since 1997. 35% call themselves conservative
Even more laughable - the Gallup poll shows only a 4% advantage for Bush among men. We're supposed to believe that sKerry of the $600 haircuts and manicures is receiving 46% of the male vote? I don't buy it.
At the same time I hate to give legitimacy to anything spewed out by CBS and the New York Slimes, but it seems to be in line with what the Bush campaign is seeing.
Yeah, but remember -- the to the leftists who will admit to being liberals Trotskyites are raving conservatives. The Trotskyites think they themselves are "moderates".
Thanks for the numbers.
You're welcome. The last close election I saw was back in 2000. I hope's a different story this week.
God help us...if there is One!
"A LA HASTA VISTA"????
What the--?
Your item here is not so encouraging if Gallup is right:
Polling is such a black art...
Someone stated Gallup was a Sunday ONLY poll. Your right, +4 among men is a little crazy
Shouldn't you have Polipundit's URL in as the source for this?
Somebody reported that Gallup was using a 4% higher democrat sample. That might easily explain their poll difference from a high of 54% down to 49%. And .. the fact that repubs always poll worse on weekends .. which is what the democrats have been waiting for. Why give a final poll TODAY .. why not give a final poll tomorrow - when repubs get higher %. I think you already know the answers.
I want all of this polling to be over.... getting very tired...... going to bed early ....nite.
ROFL
Kerry will win by big margin in a few states, like New York, but Bush will win by a big margin in the entire south and midwest. Kerry's vote is top heavy, located in a few states. The vote could be 50-50 with Bush getting a big victory in the electoral college.
Well that does make sense no that you point it out.
You guys do a great job over there at Polipundit. Thanks.
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