LA Times 49-47, Newsweek 47- 45, Gallup 49-49

[MSgt213]

Oct. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry improved his standing with voters on qualities such as leadership and his ability to handle Iraq and terrorism in his first debate with President George W. Bush, polls by the Los Angeles Times and Newsweek magazine found.

Both surveys showed Kerry pulled even with Bush when potential voters were asked who they would choose if the election were held now. Kerry, a four-term Massachusetts senator, trailed the president by 6 to 8 percentage points in five national polls conducted before the Sept. 30 debate.

Advisers to the candidates said they expected the contest to remain close until the Nov. 2 vote and that the debate topics -- Iraq and national security -- will continue to be central in the campaign ahead.

``President Bush still has a lead in the big issues, on terrorism, on Iraq, leadership,'' White House Communications Director Dan Bartlett said on the ``Fox News Sunday'' program. ``These are the issues which the president is going to get re- elected on.''



http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=aP4OMrmEJamw&refer=top_world_news

[friesianrider]

1. This means we gotta work twice as hard...

To keep this tiny lead, and increase it. Also, we all know what happens when Shrub gets desperate...

[Pirate Smile]

2. Is it Kerry 49/ Bush 47 in the LA Times poll or the other way around?

[MSgt213]

3. 49 Kerry 47 Bush

[xxqqqzme]

4. gallup is a wadste of space

George Gallup Jr., said in a speech earlier this year: "The most profound purpose of polls is to see how people are responding to God" and "When I ask a question on these subjects, what I'm always trying to find out is: 'Are we doing the will of God?'"

Hey, isn't that why U look @ polls?

[Droopy]

5. Thanks for the quotes, rozf

They give a real insight into the gallup organization.

[PurityOfEssence]

7. Insanity, pure and simple

He is a messenger of the Witchy Man, and all he does is in fealty to the great Sky Chief's glory. Self aggrandizement writ large, that's what that is. You wouldn't call this "conservative bias" either, since it's not based upon unquestioned belief rooted in the past.

May that operation be one of the casualties of this election cycle.

[Radical Activist]

6. Were any of them started after the debate?

I know a majority of people polled for Newsweek were polled before the debate. Do any of these represent the full impact?