Posted on 10/06/2004 8:28:09 AM PDT by areafiftyone
FAIRFIELD, Conn., Oct. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- A national poll released today by the Sacred Heart University Polling Institute indicates that despite who they plan to support on November 2, 2004, 69.9% believe President Bush will be re- elected, while 21.6% believe Senator Kerry will win.
The Election Today:
In an "election held today," President Bush would defeat Senator Kerry 48.4% to 43.3% among likely voters. Another 2.3% would support Ralph Nader, 5.3% remained undecided and 0.7% refused.
Surrogates:
Respondents were asked if they were aware of twenty different Bush and Kerry surrogate campaigners, such as U.S. Senator John McCain, former Vice President Al Gore, film maker Michael Moore, and radio/TV host Sean Hannity. Aware respondents were asked if they had a favorable or unfavorable impression of each.
The overall average favorable rating for the ten Bush campaign surrogates was 61.3% while the overall average favorable rating for the ten Kerry campaign surrogates was 51.2%.
The 2008 Presidential Election:
If the 2008 Presidential election "were held today," 50.8% of registered voters would expect to support U.S. Senator John McCain (R), and 36.7% would expect to support U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton (D). Some 8.6% are undecided and 0.8% refused.
If the Republican nominee was former New York City Mayor Rudy Guiliani, 55.0% would expect to support the former Mayor while 35.6% would expect to support U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton, the Democrat.
On Media & Politics:
Both CNN and Fox News appear be leading as favorites -- 26.6% and 22.4% -- when respondents anticipated who they plan to turn to for election 2004 coverage and reporting. These cable networks were followed by ABC News (11.7%), NBC News (10.5%), Local News (9.5%), PBS News (7.4%), CBS News (7.1%), MSNBC News (3.7%), CNBC (0.7%), and CBN (0.4%).
Only 13.0% suggest they believe "all" or "most" of media news reporting. Another 60.0% suggest they believe only "some," while 25.2% indicated they believe "little" or "none" of media reporting.
A large majority of survey respondents, 83.9%, suggest they strongly (51.2%) or somewhat agree (32.7%) that the news media have their own political and policy positions and attempt to influence public opinion.
One quarter of all respondents, 26.8%, suggest news media journalists are mostly moderate while 13.9% suggest they are mostly conservative and 40.1% indicated they are mostly liberal. Some, 19.2% were unsure.
A National Sales Tax:
Just one third of respondents, 35.4% strongly or somewhat support a move in Congress to scrap the Internal Revenue Service in favor of a new national sales tax. Another 44.1% are opposed. And 20.4% are unsure.
For full poll results or for further comment, contact Funda Alp at 203-685-6691.
The Sacred Heart University Polling Institute completed 1003 interviews nationwide. Phone interviews were conducted September 27 - October 2, 2004. The sample was proportional to population contribution in all 50 states. The sample of 1003 completed telephone interviews represents a margin for error of +/- 3.0% at a 95% confidence level.
Sacred Heart University is the first Catholic university in the United States to be led and staffed by lay people and the second-largest Catholic university in New England. Located in Fairfield, Connecticut, SHU has experienced twofold enrollment growth during the past ten years due to its outstanding academic programs in business, education, the liberal arts and the health sciences. Visit us online: http://www.sacredheart.edu
The mud the DNC has been throwing for 4 years is sticking to the ones who throw it...the Kerry/Edwards types. This has not gone un noticed!
Interesting............
Learn these facts before election time!!!
There were 39 combat related killings in Iraq during the month of January.
In the fair city of Detroit, there were 35 murders in the month of January. That's just one American city, about as deadly as the entire war torn country of Iraq!
When some claim President Bush shouldn't have started this war, remember the following:
FDR...
Led us into World War II. Germany never attacked us. Japan did!
From 1941-1945, 450,000 lives were lost - an average of 112,500 per year.
Truman...
Finished that war and started one in Korea. North Korea never attacked us.
From 1950-1953, 55,000 lives were lost - an average of 18,334 per year.
John F. Kennedy...
Started the Vietnam conflict in 1962. Vietnam never attacked us.
Johnson...
Turned Vietnam into a quagmire. Vietnam never attacked us.
From 1965-1975, 58,000 lives were lost - an average of 5,800 per year.
Clinton...
Went to war in Bosnia without UN or French consent. Bosnia never attacked us.
He was offered Osama bin Laden's head on a platter three times by Sudan and did nothing. Osama has attacked us on multiple occasions.
In the two years since terrorists attacked US, President Bush has:
Liberated two countries
Crushed the Taliban
Crippled al-Qaida
Put nuclear inspectors in Libya, Iran and North Korea without firing a shot
Captured a terrorist who slaughtered 300,000 of his own people.
The Democrats are complaining about how long the war is taking, but...
It took less time to take Iraq than it took Janet Reno to take the Branch Davidian compound. That was a 51 day operation.
We've been looking for evidence of chemical weapons in Iraq for less time than it took Hillary Clinton to find her Rose Law Firm billing records.
It took less time for the 3rd Infantry Division and the Marines to destroy the Medina Republican Guard than it took Ted Kennedy to call the police after his Oldsmobile sank at Chappaquiddick, drowning Mary Jo.
It took less time to take Iraq than it took to count the votes in Florida!!!!
Our Commander-In-Chief, President George W. Bush, is doing a GREAT JOB!
Military morale is high!
The biased media hopes we are too ignorant to realize the facts.
Well I believe the more apt phrasing would be
Seven out of Ten AmericansOr... Seventy Percent of Americans
The important point from this poll is even many Kerry supporters are conceding the election to W which means their motivation to go out and vote won't be as strong as staying home on a rainy day.
And the moderates (who heretofore couldn't seem to make up their minds (I don't understand how in the Hell one doesn't immediately distinguish between Kerry and the President!)) can sense which way the wind is blowing and go with the flow.
What stuns me is the numbers on a John McCain/Hillary Clinton match up and a Rudy/Hillary matchup.
I hope every FR poster who is scared of Hillary takes a look at that.
Thank you...
Only 13.0% suggest they believe "all" or "most" of media news reporting. Another 60.0% suggest they believe only "some," while 25.2% indicated they believe "little" or "none" of media reporting.
Worth repeating.
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