New Time poll Kerry 46-43

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http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=axe.YOsf8fjc&refer=us

Kerry Slightly Ahead of Bush in Time Magazine Poll (Update1)
July 24 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. Senator John Kerry, who next week will be formally nominated as the Democratic Party's presidential candidate, is 3 points ahead of President George W. Bush in a nationwide poll by Time magazine.

The Massachusetts senator leads Bush 46 percent to 43 percent, with independent candidate Ralph Nader polling 5 percent, according to the telephone survey of 1,000 registered voters conducted July 20-22.

Kerry's lead is within the poll's 4 percentage-point margin of error and similar to a 47 percent to 45 percent lead he had at the beginning of the month. Kerry will arrive this week in Boston for the Democratic National Convention, where on Thursday he will formally accept the party's nomination.

The president's overall approval rating in the poll was 50 percent. In a separate question, 53 percent of respondents said it's ``time for someone else to be president.'' Only 29 percent of voters said they knew a ``great deal'' about Kerry. <snip>

A review of state-by-state polls and historical voting data by Bloomberg News shows Bush ahead in 19 states, including Texas and Alabama, with 155 electoral votes. Kerry leads in 12 states, including New York and Pennsylvania, with 189 electoral votes. <snip>

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2. Funny

If Bush was up by three and just about every poll out there has Kerry up, the headline would be Bush opening up lead over Kerry.


RCP Average 7/17 - 7/22 45.5% 47.5% Kerry +2.0
Rasmussen (1,500 LV) 7/19-7/22 45% 48% Kerry +3
Fox News (767 LV) 7/20-7/21 44% 45% Kerry +1
CNN/Gallup/USAT (709 LV) 7/19-7/21 47% 49% Kerry +2
LA Times (1,529 RV) 7/17-7/21 46% 48% Kerry +2
IBD/TIPP (842 RV) 7/12-7/17 41% 44% Kerry +3
CBS/NYT (823 RV) 7/11-7/15 44% 49% Kerry +5
Dem Corps** (1,010 LV) 7/10-13 46% 51% Kerry +5
CNN/Gallup/USAT (706 LV) 7/8-11 46% 50% Kerry +4
IBD/TIPP (800 RV) 7/6-7/10 44% 49% Kerry +5
Newsweek (1,001 RV) 7/8-7/9 45% 51% Kerry +6
Time (774 LV) 7/6-7/8 45% 49% Kerry +4
Zogby (1,008 LV) 7/6-7/7 44% 46% Kerry +2
CBS News (462 RV) 7/6 44% 49% Kerry +5
NBC News (504 RV) 7/6 43% 54% Kerry +11