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1 posted on 04/08/2004 12:05:33 PM PDT by ambrose

2 posted on 04/08/2004 12:06:00 PM PDT by ambrose ("I actually did vote for the $87 billion before I voted against it" - John F. al-Query)

Its a dead heat. The President should be eight to ten points behind so he's in good shape. As we've seen in the 9-11 Commission hearings, the Democrats think they will get political mileage out of politicizing the country's national security. In fact, it makes them look childish and vindictive. It will backfire on them and their standard-bearer, John F. Seinfeld, big time even though its not showing up in the polls yet. Keep the faith!

3 posted on 04/08/2004 12:09:08 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)

Every last news organization out there that are running polls knows that they are meaningless this far out, but they just can't help themselves - they HAVE to have their Daily Horse Race. So they squander all kinds of $$ to get meaningless polls. Here we have one with 900 "registered voters" nationwide. Whoop de doo.

Michael

4 posted on 04/08/2004 12:09:14 PM PDT by Wright is right! (It's amazing how fun times when you're having flies.)

respondents pushed for decision

I wonder which ones they pushed?
I wonder which way they pushed 'em?
I wonder what they pushed 'em with?

Inquiring minds want to know...

5 posted on 04/08/2004 12:11:55 PM PDT by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)

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8 posted on 04/08/2004 12:12:14 PM PDT by Support Free Republic (If Woody had gone straight to the police, this would never have happened!)

Hey, u beat me to the punch on this ... here's the link to the full story

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,116583,00.html

This essentially seems to mean that the race hasn't changed that much since the Iraq news.

9 posted on 04/08/2004 12:12:40 PM PDT by No Dems 2004

Any individual poll this far are dosn't mean too much. But, the trend in this series of polls is very disturbing. The question is - what will change the trend?

10 posted on 04/08/2004 12:13:17 PM PDT by familyofman

It is jaw dropping, unbelievable to me that ANYONE would vote for John F'ing Kerry. I guess it just goes to show that there are still mysteries in the universe...

15 posted on 04/08/2004 12:18:55 PM PDT by Libertina (FRee Republic - What have you done for her lately? CONTRIBUTE 5 or 10!)

The truth is not out yet.

BUSH & CHENEY IN 2004

16 posted on 04/08/2004 12:19:33 PM PDT by Smartass

President Bush’s overall job performance rating is up a couple ticks from late March as 49 percent today approve of the job he’s doing as president and 44 percent disapprove. Bush receives his highest approval ratings from Republicans (92 percent), conservatives (70 percent), higher income groups (57 percent) and whites (54 percent).

17 posted on 04/08/2004 12:19:51 PM PDT by KQQL (@)

OK, here's my theory --

The national polls are showing consistent inconsistency. In fact, the daily tracking polls are showing no real trend, since the relative support for Kerry and Bush shift back and forth given the events in the latest news cycle.

National surveys may not be a good indication of how the presidential race is going. As we know, presidents are not elected by popular vote, but by 51 separate races, and the campaign which can cobble together a combination of states that will garner it a majority of electoral votes will be the victor. Hence, at this point in the campaign, it may be more instructive to look at individual state polls to gauge how the campaign is going.

In most of the nation, the campaign has yet to begin. But in certain key swing states, the campaign has begun in earnest. And look at the results: In the most recent Keystone poll in Pennsylvania, Bush leads Kerry by 6%; in the most recent Columbus Dispatch poll (4/4) of Ohio, Bush is ahead of Kerry by 2%, reversing a 2% Kerry lead three weeks ago; and in Florida, "ground zero" in the 2000 election vote count, Bush now leads Kerry by 8% (Tampa Tribune, 4/1).

In short, in the states that matter -- the swing or "battleground" states, the states where the election will be decided, the states where the election campaign is in full swing -- Pres. Bush is starting to seperate himself and pull away from his Democrat challenger.

22 posted on 04/08/2004 12:40:47 PM PDT by My2Cents ("Well...there you go again.")

Memo to self: PEW polls have become garbage.

27 posted on 04/08/2004 12:51:14 PM PDT by LdSentinal

You might want to change your Headline. Bush Sr.41 Clinton 42 G.W.Bush 43 that would make Kerry 44 Oh no!!!!

33 posted on 04/08/2004 1:24:32 PM PDT by fish hawk

Not a bad outcome, after all the violence in Iraq this past week. Bush will be ahead soon enough.

40 posted on 04/08/2004 1:43:44 PM PDT by veronica ("Kicking butt is mandatory - taking names is optional." - US Navy)

41 posted on 04/08/2004 1:45:09 PM PDT by CroftonFreeper (Liberals are the problem.)

Who are they polling? The French?

46 posted on 04/08/2004 6:23:05 PM PDT by dalebert

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