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[Nicholas_J]

That Dean wouldnt miss the over 20 percent of Democrats polled who indicated that they would vote for Bush rather than Dean. In polls that indicated the percentage of voters by party who would vote for Bush or the other candidates since December, polls comparing Democrats, Republicans and Independents which asked who they would
vote for in November indicated that of all the candidates the most
democrats who would vote for Bushh in November occured in the case that Dean was the nominee. Dean drew the lowest percentage of Democrats who would vote for vote for him in November, while if he was the nominee, the polls showed 20 percent of Democrats selecting Bush in that case. In fact, Dean was not the highest in scoring for independents in those same polls.

Whether Kerry wins or not in November, the polls strongly indicated that Dean would not win under virtually any circumstance.

Kerry, rated in virtually all cases as the most progressive and liberal candidate, the candidate who's record of performance as a liberal most closely matches his campaign platform is seen as being the candidate who offers the clearest differnce from George W. Bush.

Thats why he has been selected by more people in more states. Peopl want something that is actually differnt than Bush, not merely someon who asys they will be, but has little record of actually every having been.