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Kerry Gaining Ground (Bush 45%, Kerry 42%)
RasmussenReports.com ^
| Tuesday, January 27, 2004
| RasmussenReports.com
Posted on 01/27/2004 11:51:52 AM PST by Momaw Nadon
January 27, 2004--Senator John Kerry has pulled to within three points of George W. Bush in the Rasmussen Reports national tracking poll. Yesterday, Kerry trailed by five points.
Kerry is the most competitive of all Democrats in a general election match-up with the President. He is also the top choice among all Democrats to win the party's Presidential nomination.
Senator John Edwards trails the President by just five points, 45% to 40%.
Before the Iowa caucuses, former Vermont Governor Howard Dean and retired General Wesley Clark were the most competitive Democrats. Both now trail Bush by double digit margins.
Survey results show that a generic Democrat polls better than any individual candidate at this point in time.
These results are from a national telephone survey of 1,500 Likely Voters conducted by Rasmussen Reports over the past three nights. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points, with a 95% level of confidence.
Survey data showing the race between President Bush and a generic Democrat is updated daily on this site by noon.
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KEYWORDS: 2004; bush; election; georgebush; georgewbush; johnkerry; kerry; poll; polls; president; presidentbush; presidential; rasmussen
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To: Impeach the Boy
Unfortunately for us, we kicked God out of this country.
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posted on
01/27/2004 1:38:55 PM PST
by
dmanLA
To: Wphile
I said, "you democrats are so frickin' fickle, won't even stick with a guy for two weeks."Relationships just ain't what they used to be. We're living in the age of free agency:-).
62
posted on
01/27/2004 1:48:19 PM PST
by
auboy
To: Momaw Nadon
What is the Rasmussen Reports?
Pravda? CPUSA? What?
63
posted on
01/27/2004 2:02:18 PM PST
by
Publius6961
(40% of Californians are as dumb as a sack of rocks.)
To: Publius6961
64
posted on
01/27/2004 2:06:02 PM PST
by
Momaw Nadon
(Goals for 2004: Re-elect President Bush, over 60 Republicans in the Senate, and a Republican House.)
To: Publius6961
Its polling tends to favor the Republicans.
65
posted on
01/27/2004 2:22:33 PM PST
by
labard1
To: Dan from Michigan
To: notorious vrc
Perhaps you should apply for the job Nah, then you might see that awaited, long predicted and never gonna come turn to the right that is set to happen any day now.
67
posted on
01/27/2004 2:35:25 PM PST
by
riri
To: mystery-ak
If that ever happens, I'm buying a ton of guns and ammo.
I don't think this country can survive a Kerry. I think it can survive any of the others(albeit tough), but Kerry will get me wishing for the days of Bill Klinton.
68
posted on
01/27/2004 2:37:28 PM PST
by
Dan from Michigan
(Take me down to the paradise city where the grass is green and the girls are pretty. Take me Home)
To: Dan from Michigan
it can't survive any of them. I tell my NYC Democrat friends, if Dean/Kerry/Edwards wins, NYC will be nuked within 10 years.
To: oceanview
Rove should be running ads NOW against them. Against Kerry? Against Clark? Against The Break Girl?
Isn't it better to hold your fire until you know the target? After all, this is a marathon, not a sprint.
To: Right_in_Virginia
against Kerry and Edwards, that's the eventual ticket.
To: Dan from Michigan
My hubby's 15mos in Iraq will have been for nothing....he will retire and protect the homefront...everybody else is on there own....it will be a field-day for the terrorist in the US.
72
posted on
01/27/2004 2:43:33 PM PST
by
mystery-ak
(Almighty God, Embrace with Your invincible armour our loved ones in all branches of the service.)
To: Momaw Nadon
Very early yet. Bush should be taking advantage of "free" advertising. When the President does something, he gets publicity. Just keep putting out initiatives and using that to keep things in focus among the sheeple. Use those opportunities to "look presidential", and keep "working for the American People". Clinton was a master at this.
It bears remembering that Dukakis was 20 points or so ahead of Bush I going into the summer of the '88 election. Things can change quickly, and the 'Pubs will have to make their post-convention bounce have legs this time.
73
posted on
01/27/2004 2:47:01 PM PST
by
chimera
To: oceanview
Yeah, but I still intend to vote for Bush. :)
To: oceanview
against Kerry and Edwards, that's the eventual ticket. It's still too early to take aim at Kerry/Edwards. Our team would risk shifting the playing field and wasting time, money, energy and the high ground shooting blanks.
Let the Dimms choose their losers...and then we'll fight to the finish.
To: oceanview
Rove should be running ads NOW against them. Scattershot ads run against the whole field would be a total waste of money.
76
posted on
01/27/2004 2:56:03 PM PST
by
sinkspur
(Adopt a shelter dog or cat! You'll save one life, and maybe two!)
To: PackerBoy
Mark Steyn had a great take on this today. This polling is all a bunch of crap
I agree it is hard to believe that 42% of the people know Kerry let alone vote for him or anybody.
What counts are the people that vote every time and they don't change their mind.
77
posted on
01/27/2004 3:03:36 PM PST
by
Big Horn
(A waist is a terrible thing to mind.)
To: uncbob
If CFR and Alien Workers Amesty is any measure of Rove's poltical acumen George is in TROUBLE Well, yes, I agree but..
I'm not sure CFR is Rove's brainchild and I think the 'viva la Mexicana' plan is going just as planned.
78
posted on
01/27/2004 3:05:36 PM PST
by
evad
(We can build on this plan)
To: sinkspur
they would be positive ads, like the reagan "morning in america" ads. they don't even have to mention the Dem candidate names, just so long as they run in the same markets as the Dem primaries to provide some counterbalance.
To: Impeach the Boy; oceanview
Sadly, the GOP has a history of waiting until it is too late... May be but yer not gonna get much bang for the buck right now running 'ads'.
Much as we don't want to believe it, the vast majority of the country couldn't give a crap right now what all these dodoes are saying.
That's not to say there aren't things to be done to counter Dim lies. That's a never ending ongoing daily task.
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posted on
01/27/2004 3:12:39 PM PST
by
evad
(We can build on this plan)
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