Free Republic

Spitzer Leads Pataki, 44% to 41% in ’06 Match-up; Pataki Lags on Job Approval, State Direction; Schumer, Giuliani Most Popular New York Politicians, New Zogby Poll Reveals Democratic Attorney General Eliot Spitzer leads Republican Governor George Pataki by three points in a potential 2006 gubernatorial match-up, a new Zogby New York poll reveals.  The survey also found a majority of New Yorkers disapproving of Governor Pataki’s performance on the job and saying the state was heading the wrong direction.  The survey of 613 New York likely voters was conducted Tuesday through Wednesday (November 16 to 17, 2004).  The margin of error...

Released: November 22, 2004 President’s Job Performance Rating Breaks Ceiling with 51%; Nearly Half (49%) Now Say US Headed in Right Direction; Powell Exits with 88% Favorability Rating While Other Top Cabinet Members Receive Mixed Reviews, Rumsfeld (47%) and Rice (53%); Electorate Uncertain About President’s Nominees, New Zogby Poll Reveals After scoring below fifty percent in several pre and post-election surveys, President George W. Bush’s job performance rating has risen to 51%, with nearly half of respondents (49%) now saying that the US is headed in the right direction, according to a new Zogby America survey. The telephone poll of...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush and Democratic Sen. John Kerry are tied nationwide in a tense race for the White House, but Kerry leads in six of 10 battleground states, according to Reuters/Zogby polls released on Sunday. Kerry and Bush were deadlocked at 48 percent in the latest three-day national tracking poll, which included one day of polling taken after the airing of a videotape from Osama bin Laden. Kerry led Bush 47 percent to 46 percent on Saturday. Only 2 percent of voters remain undecided as Bush and Kerry scoured about 10 remaining battleground states to find the 270...