But the survey also suggests that Kerry continues to claim a large lead in key battleground states. In these 13 states, Kerry held a 53 percent to 43 percent advantage among likely voters.
Anyone ever hear of this poll? Kerry holds a 53/46 lead??? More lies from the Kerry kool-aid drinker.
The Post poll aggregates by region. It does show Kerry with a sizable lead in the "Midwest." I suspect that includes Michigan and Illinois, and does not accurately reflect the close races in Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin.
Kerry's never led with 53%. At this point, he'll be lucky to get 43%.
'The latest Post tracking poll continues to show the race deadlocked, with each candidate receiving 48 percent of the vote. Independent Ralph Nader continues to barely register nationally and gets 1 percent of the hypothetical vote.
But the survey also suggests that Kerry continues to claim a large lead in key battleground states. In these 13 states, Kerry held a 53 percent to 43 percent advantage among likely voters.
A total of 1,555 registered voters were interviewed Tuesday through Thursday nights, including 1,203 likely voters. Margin of sampling error is plus or minus three percentage points for the overall results and plus or minus six percentage points for results from the battleground states and for the question asking views on Kerry's comment about Cheney's daughter, which was asked only of those interviewed Thursday night. '
I don't think the regional or state-by-state breakdowns in these polls are very trustworthy. For example, Gallup showed the distribution in the Midwest swinging from something like K51/B39 to B51/K39 from one poll to the next. For state-by-state results, you really do need to look at state polls. Mind you, the ten-point lead ABC/WP is reporting for Kerry in the battlegrounds is big enough to cause me some concern.