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WASHINGTON - President Bush and Sen. John F. Kerry, in a race dividing Americans far more along lines of cultural values than economic interests, remain locked in a dead heat one week before election day, a Times Poll has found. BUT CHECK THE DELUSIONAL INTERNALS HERE http://www.latimes.com/media/acrobat/2004-10/14807601.pdf

John F. Kerry improved his image with voters who watched his debate with President Bush last week but didn't significantly shift their choice in the presidential race, a Los Angeles Times Poll of debate viewers has found. While the debate generally did not diminish impressions of Bush on most questions, it did restore some of the luster Kerry had lost amid relentless Republican pounding since his party's convention in July, the poll found. [...] The Democratic nominee also made modest but consistent gains with viewers questions relating to national security and strength of leadership. And the percentage of debate viewers...

LA Times Poll Conducted Thursday Night-Friday (Sept 30-Oct 1) 1368 Registered Voters 725 Watched Debate (53%) "Pre-Debate Watchers" Kerry 48%-Bush 47% "Post-Debate Watchers" Kerry 49%-Bush 47% I cannot find a Bush-Kerry number for all 1368 respondents in the article. Last week's LA Times poll was Bush 49%-Kerry 45%. The LA Times acknowledges that "Debate Watchers" in this new poll might be misleadingly skewed to Kerry supporters. My Personal Opinion: I voted for Bush in 2000 and will do so again in 2004. However, Bush's debate performance was shockingly bad. It was also inexcusably bad. We are at a pivotal moment...

Take a look at this poll. http://www.latimes.com/media/acrobat/2004-10/14495553.pdf The Pre debate Poll had Kerry 48% and Bush 47%. Post debate Kerry 49% and Bush 47%. Bottom line Kerry got a point bounce from an already Kerry leaning poll. The media is trying hard through smoke and mirrors to hype the Kerry "closer myth. Also why would this poll have the sample pre-debate Kerry 48% and Bush 47% when Bush was leading with LV's and RV's before the convention?

THE TIMES POLL Kerry's Image Gets Boost From First Debate By Ronald Brownstein and Kathleen Hennessey Times Staff Writers 5:17 PM PDT, October 2, 2004 WASHINGTON -- John F. Kerry improved his image with voters who watched his debate with President Bush last week but didn't significantly shift their choice in the presidential race, a Los Angeles Times Poll of debate viewers has found. While the debate generally did not diminish impressions of Bush on most questions, it did restore some of the luster Kerry had lost amid relentless Republican pounding since his party's convention in July, the poll found....

LA TIMES POLL SUNDAY: Bush's favorability rating among debate viewers actually improved slightly (although within the survey's margin of error). Before debate, 51% of watchers viewed Bush favorably, 49% unfavorably; after, numbers were 52% and 47%...

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted on Fri, Aug. 27, 2004 Polls show Swift boat dustup is hurting Kerry WASHINGTON — The presidential race remains a toss-up amid signs that a controversy over Sen. John Kerry's Vietnam service has hurt the Democrat, but not necessarily with lasting consequences. Three polls released Thursday show that ads questioning Kerry's service as a Navy Swift boat officer in Vietnam have eroded some of the benefits gained from Vietnam imagery employed at the Democratic National Convention last month. One poll, by the Los Angeles Times, showed President Bush gaining the lead for the first time. Another survey— the...

Political Wire got an advance look at the new Los Angeles Times poll showing President Bush "moving slightly" ahead of Sen. John Kerry "for the first time this year." Bush had the support of 49% of registered voters, compared to 46% for Kerry. The newspaper's analysis indicates Kerry "has been nicked by attacks on his service in Vietnam." The "small shift" from last month's poll "is within the poll's margin of error. But it fits with other findings in the Times Poll showing the electorate edging toward Bush over the past month on a broad range of measures, from support...

This is taken from the Miami Herald and is an Associated Press article on the Los Angeles Times Poll recently released:::LA Times poll shows Bush, Kerry running about even in three key states LOS ANGELES - .... The polls showed Bush ahead in each state but in Missouri and Wisconsin the president's lead fell within the polls' margins of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points, the newspaper reported Thursday. In Ohio, Bush's lead was only 1 percentage point outside the margin of error. Headline says they are even, article says well... that's not honest because the President is...

WASHINGTON — President Bush is leading Sen. John F. Kerry in three hotly contested Midwestern states, despite continued doubts about the country's direction and the administration's policy choices, new Times polls have found. Bush has opened small leads — within the surveys' margin of error — in Ohio and Wisconsin, states where the presidential race was closer in Times polls taken in June. The new Times survey also finds Bush ahead in Missouri, though by a narrower margin than in June. The three states, with a combined 41 electoral votes, are among those both sides view as critical to the...

Good news for Bush supporters Bush has an edge over Kerry according to a poll by the news source LA Times, the swift boat ads could've been the cause of this. With this good start who knows how far ahead he'll be after the RNC.

Bush Passes Kerry in 3 Key States By Ronald Brownstein and Kathleen Hennessey Times Staff Writers 1:53 PM PDT, August 26, 2004 WASHINGTON — President Bush has moved past Sen. John F. Kerry in three of the most hotly contested Midwestern battleground states despite continued doubts about the country's direction and the president's policies, new Los Angeles Times polls have found. According to the surveys, Bush has opened leads within the margin of error in Ohio, Wisconsin and Missouri — states at the top of both campaigns' priority lists. In Missouri, Bush leads among registered voters 46% to 44%; in...

President George W. Bush heads into next week's Republican national convention with voters moving slightly in his direction since July amid signs that John Kerry has been nicked by attacks on his service in Vietnam, a Los Angeles Times poll has found.For the first time this year in a LA Times survey, Mr Bush led Mr Kerry in the presidential race, drawing 49 per cent among registered voters, compared to 46 per cent for the Democrat. In a LA Times poll just before the Democratic convention last month, Mr Kerry held a 2 percentage-point advantage over Mr Bush. That small...