Ipsos Cook Poll Kerry 49% Bush 46%

[Nicholas_J]

AP Poll: Bush, Kerry in Dead Heat

RON FOURNIER

Associated Press

WASHINGTON - President Bush and Sen. John Kerry are locked in a tie for the
popular vote, according to an Associated Press poll. Voters seem open to change in
the White House - most disapprove of the president's performance at home and in
Iraq - but still harbor doubts about making the switch.
Bush's strength continues to be in a perception by voters that he is the most qualified
to protect the country, though his advantage has dwindled in recent weeks. Some 56
percent say the country is on the wrong track.
In the AP-Ipsos Public Affairs poll, the Democratic ticket of Kerry and Sen. John
Edwards got support from 49 percent of those who said they were likely to vote, and
the Republican team of Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney got 46 percent, within
the poll's margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points. The Oct. 18-20 survey,
released Thursday, included 976 likely voters

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/politics/9978355.htm

[RummyTheDummy]

1. I love how they portray it

If it was Bush up by 3 it would be a clear cut lead. So in reality, it's not a dead heat. It's a 3 point lead for Kerry and probably closer to 5.

[Career Prole]

9. And here's the proof right here!

Reuters Poll: Bush Grabs One-Point Lead on Kerry
Bush led Kerry 46-45 percent in the latest three-day tracking poll, a statistical dead heat well within the poll's margin of error.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=615&e=2&u=/nm/20041021/pl_nm/campaign_poll_thursday_dc
:grr:

[PROGRESSIVE1]

2. Kerry is 3 points up!

[Monte Carlo]

3. Kerry +3 --> ''dead-heat'', Bush +3 --> ''solid lead''

Just another day in the media markets of America.

[oscar111]

5. +5 Kerry, heres how:undecideds break for challenger, too

two thirds of them do.

that , ummmmm hmmm hmm hhhmmmmm adds two points to three, so

Kerry ahead by FIVE. And doing better yet in battlegrounds where it really counts.

BUSH IS TOAST. Uncork that FRENCH champaign.

[michigandem2]

4. um um um....trending Kerry's way??? nt

[DemocracyInaction]

6. Just saw that on Inside Politics and when she read it, Judy

suddenly went after Mark Racotti (however you spell the dorkey repbulican bastard's name), raking him over the coals about everything. What happened?? Did her bubble break---otherwise known as her 'air head'???

[PROGRESSIVE1]

7. I find this hard to believe! What did she do?

[oscar111]

8. Judy Woof-Woof did that ?

i love that name