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06/24/2004 Archived Entry: "Bush Edges Kerry"

Posted by steve @ 07:43 PM EST [Link]

GOOD NEWS...BAD NEWS: A couple of interesting polls today. One on CNN showed that Bush's numbers on the economy are rising (47 per cent believed he was doing a good job on that front) while another showed that for the first time a majority of Americans believe going to Iraq was a mistake.

Over at Fox News, Bush is outpolling Kerry by about a half dozen points. Interestingly:

As has been the case since the end of the primary season, Bush’s strength of support is much higher than Kerry’s. Fully 75 percent of Bush voters say they support him "strongly" and 25 percent say "only somewhat." Among Kerry voters, just over half — 53 percent — say they support him "strongly" and 45 percent say "only somewhat."

Significantly more voters think Bush would do a better job than Kerry protecting the United States from terrorist attacks (49 percent to 28 percent). On the nation’s economy, Bush and Kerry are evenly matched with each receiving 42 percent. Bush has an 11-percentage point edge over Kerry when voters are asked which candidate is "more honest and trustworthy," although 12 percent volunteer "neither."

So we have some bad news and some good news. Placing this in the ESR-otronic 3000 Election Predictifier -- essentially a blender with a printer attached -- it seems Dubya is doing slightly better than Kerry is. The E3KEP reminds me, however, that we still have 4 1/2 months to go before the big day. Still, I consider it funny that if Kerry keeps going on about Iraq Bush can look at him and say, "It's the economy, stupid."

Read on.

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Oh, so true

Posted by Bryan Yokohama @ 06/24/2004 10:48 PM EST