10/19 SUSA Va. Poll - Kerry bounces back from bad Sept, closes to within 4

[unfrigginreal]

Bush 50 (53)
Kerry 46 (42)

http://www.surveyusa.com/2004_Elections/VA041019president.pdf

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Are we seeing the beginnings of a landslide?

[DarthDem]

1. Yes

I believe we are. :D

[lancdem]

2. This is incredible

Kerry is now competitive in red states that aren't even considered battlegrounds!

[Ellen of Troy]

3. Encouraging news

Wow, Kerry in striking distance in the headquarters of the NRA. Who'd a thunk it.

[newyawker99]

8. Hi Ellen of Troy!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[shawmut]

4. I'm really starting to believe that

we are going to see a big surprise in at least one state on election night ... VA and NC are the two to watch.


MO, AR, CO, WV ... won't be as much of a surprise, but I also think that at least one of those states will go to Kerry.

[liberalpress]

10. Take a look at Tennessee my friend...

...it's beginning to turn Blue

[DemsUnited]

5. You've made my day by posting this link!!!

I've been working for weeks in Northern VA where, according to the Survey USA poll, Kerry's leading by 13%!! We're extremely motivated, have tons of well organized volunteers, and are pounding the pavement hard.

NoVA is probably the most populated areas of the state. If we get our people to the polls, then hello surprise and goodbye Bush!!

[Perky]

7. Vadem2004

No one has knocked on my door and I live in Fairfax ????

[PATRICK]

6. Media terminology

is probably not the best way to learn politics. Bounce and comeback bely the fact that the untouchable topic of the horrible Bush record and campaign and voter outreach and...on and on have set tremendous forces in motion. Negative for Bush, large unstoppable momentum for Democrats. Add to that the steel in the soul of John Kerry and this election was a foregone conclusion- NOT a horse race based on ephemeral selected opinions that were very much over determined and skewed in interpretation if not faulty sampling.

We still listen too much to polls. So much they can be somewhat self-fulfilling(as they intend to be in order to sell THEMSELVES as pulse predictors) and wise(as the media are who can't even get a science story straight because of naive and dedicated ignorance). We are afraid because of the muddled mess they create in the national mood and forums.

The reality is a Kerry/Democratic victory, GOP desperation and denial, and stubborn refusal to provide quality service to the majority of Americans. Rove? Answer: the debates. Bush's great popularity?Answer: the debates. Reality bites. The donkey kicks. The elephant trumpets and craps.

[rpannier]

9. Zogby has it at 3% n/t

[lanlady]

11. and that's not counting--

--my two kids' votes for Kerry! They're first-time voters and they're voting straight Dem ticket (I'm so proud!) They've told me that kids at the UVa and Va Tech campuses have registered in droves to vote against Bush.