DMR: Kerry edges ahead in Iowa with boost from early voters

[ryban]

Sen. John Kerry has taken a slender lead over President Bush in Iowa as the 2004 presidential race nears the finish line.

The Des Moines Register's Iowa Poll shows 48 percent of Iowans likely to vote in Tuesday's election, or who have already voted by absentee ballot, support the Democratic candidate and 45 percent back the Republican incumbent. The poll's margin of error is 3.5 percentage points.

Six percent of likely voters remain undecided in the new Iowa Poll. With the race still close, they could play a pivotal role in determining which candidate wins the seven electoral votes from Iowa, viewed as a battleground state that either could carry. In other elections, undecided voters have tended to side with the challenger, which would be good news for Kerry.

Adding another element of suspense are the 5 percent of Bush supporters and the 4 percent of Kerry supporters who say they could still change their minds.

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http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041030/NEWS09/41030009/1001&lead=1

[benh57]

1. landslide

Iowa is ours.

[TransitJohn]

3. Kerry in a landslide.

And I'm going to DC for the Inauguration of legitimate gov't in our nation.

[leQ]

6. i'm there!

go IOWA!

[David Dunham]

2. Great news

[StaunchFriend]

4. This is the best part :)

This is the best part :)

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..Twenty-seven percent of Iowa adults surveyed said they had already voted. Kerry leads Bush, 52 percent to 41 percent, among that group of early-bird voters.

[Kira]

7. Have they already counted the votes

or is this from a telephone poll?

[WI_DEM]

5. poll taken thru Friday night, so some of these #'s is after OBL tape

that is encouraging.

[goforit]

8. Come on Iowa!!!!.....Get out the vote!! Provide rides!!! Make it happen!!