Darn bounce....
Headline should read:
Marist College Poll (Bush 47%, Kerry 47% - represents a +1% [BOUNCE] for *BUSH* since convention)
"...And in a more significant poll, the US Supreme Court is still 5-4, in favor of Bush."
I just want to see Bush with at least a 5% lead. All these polls show a tight race. I want a blow out.
These head to heads look great, but the electorial college looks terrible:
http://www.dalythoughts.com/ecb.htm
Marist is a known left leaning polling operation.
BTTT!
No Challenger with a ZERO bounce has EVER won the white house. I think someone said they had to have a double digit lead coming out their convention to have won the white house on election day. Keep in mind, Dukakis was up 17 points at one time on Bush 41. Bush approval numbers arent too bad. Like to see him up over 50% consistantly. But he is nowhere near Carter and Bush 1 on approval. Much closer to Clinton and Reagan.
Is this the same poll but AP is lying for Kerry?
Kerry has 1-point lead
8/4/2004 10:51 AM
By: Associated Press
ALBANY, N.Y. -- A national poll released Wednesday found John Kerry changed the perception of many voters during the Democratic National Convention.
The Marist College poll found the Democratic presidential nominee conveyed his vision and appeared ready to become a world leader.
The poll also found the Massachusetts senator gained little of the traditional post-convention bounce and remains neck-and-neck with President Bush.
Kerry has the support of 45 percent of the voters nationwide to Bush's 44 percent. Independent challenger Ralph Nader has 3 percent of the voters and 8 percent remain undecided.
In the nation's 17 so-called battleground states, where neither candidate has a clear advantage, Kerry had the support of 49 percent of registered voters and Bush had 42 percent.
http://www.news8austin.com/content/headlines/?ArID=115427&SecID=2