" My boy Johnny is finally listening to the little man on his left shoulder".
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
LV are the people who will go to the polls come hell or high water.
Newsweek is blowing smoke with this poll.
WHO....exactly is US??
PRESIDENT Bush did NOT let us down.......if US means people who actually support him.
Relax people! It's a b.s. poll of registered voters put out by a leftist polling agency.
What did you all expect? The media was going to lie down and let Bush put Kerry away 30 days before the election? Please. Get a grip. Poll is b.s.
One debate won on style for Kerry does not translate into a 5 point swing for Kerry. Sorry. B.s.
-T
So9
LV was more accurate in 2002, But RV are more accurate when DEM turnout is high as was the case in 2000 and 1998.
I beleive RV is more accurate for this year as DEM turn out will be much much higher than in 2000.
I want to know the number of Dems and Republicans they surveyed. Their last poll giving Bush the big lead over- sampled Republicans. The race has always been close. Bush will need a 5-7% lead to overcome the voter fraud.
"The substance doesn't matter and you should know that...it's all perception and the perception last night was that John Kerry was presidential...Bush's numbers are not that strong and neither are his internals...all Kerry has to do is give the country a reasonable alternative - and he did that last night. The curtain was pulled back from the Rove Wizard of Oz spin machine and the mighty Wizard was revealed to be a mere mortal, and not a very confident one at that..."
BINGO, the Karl Rove Wizard of Oz spin machine. Perception is not looking good for Kerry. But it is Kerry....
" My boy Johnny is finally listening to the little man on his left shoulder".
Thankyou!
Fuggedabowdit!
We ain't gonna lose to this liar.
And BTW ....do you go from thread to thread posting doom and gloom?
doesn't make sense, he leads in mostly everything else, strength, etc
I'll bet that Newsweak doesn't use Gallups methodology of using +13% Republican sample. If not, they are useless. Gallup knows what it's doing.
LOL!
Yeah........messes like defeating terrorism, freeing entire nations, restoring our military to strength and respect, helping our economy recover through robust economic policies and tax cuts, working to return our country to a culture of life and personal responsibility.
Yeah......another mess, alright........ LOL!
"I got a feeling Bush is going to blow it."
As I just told someone else, go to this Gallup Poll:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1233415/posts
For all you "Chicken Littles" out there, there is another thread saying that the media was calling the debate a draw till they went to a conservative blog and saw all the hand-wringing...most likely the live debate thread here and now the MSM is going nuts saying Kerry will win the election. They're like sharks smelling blood and now they are going in for the kill.
The MSM, as well as the dipheads at DU, read our threads and of what they are seeing is doom, gloom and in some cases, hysteria by some here (not all of us, thankfully).
Please, take a deep breath and cool it.
do not trust the newsweek poll it is a poll of registered voters not likely voters. any pollster worth his salt will tell you the only poll to trust is a poll of likely voters.
Agree - and for the next 30 days the real focus needs to be on Bush's status in the so called "battle-ground" states such as Ohio and PA - not some from of "global" voter poll!!
Right......you mean the voter fraud they are trying to get away with this year..
If you believe this poll, you have to believe that the Swiftboat ads, RNC ads and Bush flip flop ads have had to affect...this one debate changed all that!....Im not buying it.
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