New polls out this morning - Zogby & CBS

[unfrigginreal]

Bush and Kerry in dead heat
Tue 12 October, 2004 12:09

By John Whitesides, Political Correspondent

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush has bounced back into a tie with Democratic challenger John Kerry one day before their final debate, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll.

Bush gained three points on the Massachusetts senator to move into a 45-45 percent dead heat in the latest three-day tracking poll of the White House campaign, published on Tuesday.

http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackageArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=601675§ion=news


Poll: Bush Leads By A Hair
Oct. 12, 2004

(CBS) The contest for the White House continues to be razor-close. A CBS News poll of likely voters nationwide shows President Bush has a narrow edge over Senator John Kerry - but his 48% to 45% lead is within the poll's margin of error. Ralph Nader grabs 2% in this latest survey, which found that if Nader were not in the race, the split would be 48% for Bush and 47% for Kerry.

The second debate appears to have had little impact on the horse race between the Democratic and Republican candidates, though voters again said John Kerry did the better job in the debate. After the first debate October 8, Kerry came back from a nine-point deficit to tie the race at 47% for each candidate and 1% for Nader.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/10/12/opinion/polls/main648712.shtml

[ixion]

1. who are these people who constantly change their mind?

I mean, really, are there that many wishy washy people who are so utterly unopinionated that they can't find a common ground one way or the other?

I don't buy it, personally. :eyes:

[Jeff in Cincinnati]

4. My neighbor down the street...

was undecided until the last debate. She said she really, really didn't like Bush but didn't know enough about Kerry to feel good about voting for him. A combination of Kerry's intelligent answers and Bush's boorish behavior sealed the deal. It's likely that undecided voters at this point are not going to vote for Bush, but are still evaluating Kerry to see if he's the right guy for the job. All Kerry has to do in the final debate is keep his cool and make sharp distinctions between the Bush Administration and what he'll do, and I think the lion's share of those Undecideds will break his way.

[mikehiggins]

2. Good lord, what are they saying?

An incumbent President in a time of war is managing to hold onto a tie with a challenger carrying more baggage than a mother of five taking a trip to the beach.

And this is good news for Bush three weeks from the election?

To me, it sounds like a robin singing in the spring.

[pelagius]

3. Note to Nader people...

...you really can make the difference this time around. Do the right thing.

[w13rd0]

5. And another note to Nader people...

...a vote for Nader will NOT stop the Iraq war.

[Mikimouse]

6. Please, please tell me that the poll was NOT...

posted under the title in the original post.

"Bush Leads By A Hair" NONONONONONONONONONONONONONONO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[unfrigginreal]

7. LOL - That's EXACTLY why I posted with my subject line

trying to preempt the negative spin. Hopefully the mods will lock any of those as dupes.

[Mikimouse]

8. Take a bow, you earned it!

:toast: