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Bush Maintains Small Lead In Wisconsin

<p>Washington, DC, Jun. 25 (UPI) -- The latest Badger Poll showed President George W. Bush ahead of Sen. John F. Kerry in the critical swing state of Wisconsin.</p> <p>Bush led Kerry, 46 percent to 42 percent, in the poll, which sampled opinions from 504 adults. Liberal independent Ralph Nader took 5 percent in the survey, which was conducted by the University of Wisconsin's Survey Center between June 15 and June 23.</p>

<p>June 25 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. President George W. Bush and Democratic challenger John Kerry are in a statistical tie for support in Wisconsin, a survey of state residents found.</p> <p>The University of Wisconsin Survey Center polled 504 people age 18 or older, regardless of whether they were registered to vote. The June 15-23 poll found 46 percent supported Bush, 42 percent favored Kerry and 5 percent backed independent candidate Ralph Nader. The survey's margin of error was plus or minus 4 percentage points.</p>

MILWAUKEE, June 25 (UPI) -- President Bush has a slight lead over John Kerry in a new Wisconsin poll that's little changed from the survey taken three months ago. In a three-way matchup, Bush had 46 percent to 42 percent for Kerry and 5 percent for Ralph Nader, virtually the same figures as in a March sampling, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel said Friday. The new Badger Poll of 504 voting-age adults surveyed June 15-23 by the University of Wisconsin has margin of error 4 percentage points. Some 47 percent of Wisconsin adults polled thought Bush was doing a good job,...

Wisconsin voters remain in favor of president. BADGER POLL the new poll, of 504 voting-age adults surveyed June 15-23, is almost identical: Bush 46%, Kerry 42%, Nader 5%. That lead is within the marginor error of plus or minus 4 percentage points. http://www.jsonline.com/news/gen/jun04/239213.asp for full article

With the Bush-Cheney ticket about to pepper the state with campaign visits, two new polls offer very different pictures of the presidential race. statewide Badger Poll has President Bush widening his lead over Democrat John Kerry in the past month and ending a gradual slide in his popularity dating back to last fall. A poll done by the St. Norbert College Survey Center, however, gives Kerry a small lead in hotly contested Wisconsin. Although it's not uncommon for polls conducted on different days by different organizations to deviate, the Wisconsin polls aren't easy to reconcile. In the Badger Poll, taken...