USA Today: Bush surges in poll

USA Today | 10/17

[ambrose]

USA Today: Bush surges in poll

[ambrose]

http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/nation/president/2004-10-17-poll_x.htm

[WashingtonSource]

Glad to see the headline is accurate.

[Southack]

Bush surges in poll

By USA TODAY staff
WASHINGTON — President Bush surged to an eight-point lead over Democratic challenger John Kerry in the latest USA TODAY/CNN/Gallup national poll, giving the president a tie for his largest margin of the year with just more than two weeks left until Election Day.

[VRWCTexan]

...."But the percentage of likely voters who view Bush favorably climbed in the past week from 51% to 58%, while the number who viewed Kerry favorably stayed at the 51% level.

Kerry also finds himself battling the Bush campaign's attempts to label him as too liberal. Among likely voters, half (52%) say Kerry's political views are too liberal. Conversely, 41% of likely voters see Bush as too conservative.

THIS IS GOOD NEWS INDEED!!

[atomicpossum]

It's getting hard to discount the trend, even if the particular figures vary from poll-to-poll.

[Clara Lou]

Poor Kerry-- having to battle the label "too liberal." Hard to battle what everybody knows to be factual. His liberalism is why liberals support him. What a dunce.

[nuconvert]

poll taken Thursday-Saturday, Bush received 52% support from likely voters, Kerry received 44% and independent Ralph Nader received 1%. Three percent of likely voters had no opinion. 52% Bush,...44% Kerry

[Roberts]

58% of likely voters view the President favorably? That's an awesome number at this stage of the campaign if true.

[biggiant1]

I won't be happy until Nov. 3 and "W" wins big, plus we take 57 seats in the senate. For any of this to happen we still have to work hard. By the way I'm from Taxachusett and the lawn sign score here is 50 - 50. I will consider it a moral victory if W get 45%.

[RWR8189]

Bush lead among adults is the same as among RVs.

Does Gallup think all adults are registered to vote, or possibly the ones that aren't are too ashamed to admit it?

Also I haven't seen JA for this poll, have you?

[John Thornton]

And, don't forget, early voting is going on now. I hope to vote tomorrow.

[lahargis]

This is awesome!

[darin2risk]

It will probably read as


"Kerry is still running strong despite Bush's recent surge"

Bia$$ media losers

[ambrose]

Gallup sure has been all over the map this year. Gallup seems to overemphasize trends... but in the end, it is the TREND we should be most concerned with..

[RepTazman]

Good news leads to more good news, it can feed on each other , keep them coming.

Even here in PA, enthusiasm is high, spend Sat. on phone bank and spent today handing out tickets to see GW live, we will prevail.

[Wolfstar]

It's getting hard to discount the trend...

We can't know if this is genuinely a trend, or if the polls simply weren't accurate (or truthful) earlier. I'm a deep skeptic regarding polls. That said, the fact remains that the most accurate polls are those taken within a couple of weeks of an election. With real results soon to become available against which their accuracy an be measured, it's around this time that polling firms begin to worry about their reputations and long-term viability.

[stockstrader]

This is great news!! Let's get out the vote,,,and help others who can't vote on Nov. 2 get their absentee ballots now!!