Bush Still Bests 2004 Democratic Contenders (is this spin or is it me?)

[Socialist Christian]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,103674,00.html


<snip>

The latest FOX News national poll shows that if the 2004 presidential election were held today, President Bush would capture 49 percent of the vote when matched against former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean (search), retired Gen. Wesley Clark (search), or Missouri Rep. Dick Gephardt (search). Each of these Democratic hopefuls receives the same amount of support (36 percent).

If the Democratic opponent were New York Sen. Hillary Clinton (search), just over half of voters say they would support the president and almost four in 10 would support Clinton (52 percent to 38 percent).

Opinion Dynamics Corporation (search) conducted the poll of registered voters November 18-19.

"There have been a lot of polls showing Bush and a generic Democrat close, but the actual candidates are still not well enough known to close that gap," comments Opinion Dynamics President John Gorman (search). "The problem for Bush in these numbers is he doesn't have a clear majority and it is likely many of the undecided voters will not back him. For example, undecided voters in the Bush-Clark matchup disapprove of Bush’s economic performance by a 62 percent to 25 percent margin. That suggests those voters are currently more likely to decide for Clark than for Bush."

[La_Serpiente]

1. I've always noticed

that Democrats have consistently polled below prior to an Election, yet we always come back to win it. In 2000, Al Gore was consistently polled 2 % under each time usually, but came back to win the popular vote (and what should have been Florida as well).

[Socialist Christian]

2. I noticed that too, but why is it i never seem to get polled hmmm.<nt>

[lancdem]

3. Interesting comments about undecided voters

BTW, what's Bush's approval rating in this poll?

[bryant69]

4. Plus you gotta look at the source

Bush Polling, oh wait, I mean Push Polling is possible.

Bryant
Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com

[Mountainman]

5. You can bet that Faux will never say a Dems leads Bush

Even if all the other polls show that Bush is behind, Faux will not say it. Mark my words.

Remember they are part of the lying liars who tell lies.