Time to die, Another_Pointless_Poll9435!

[Dregor Thule]

Democrat challenger John Kerry (news - web sites) has pulled ahead of President Bush (news - web sites) in a poll published by Newsweek magazine showing Thursday's television debate erased the lead Bush had enjoyed for the last month.

In a two-way contest, the Kerry/Edwards ticket in the Nov. 2 presidential election led by 49 percent against 46 percent for Bush/Cheney, according to 1,013 registered voters polled by Princeton Survey Research Associates International.

According to the poll, 61 percent of Americans who watched the first presidential debate on Sept. 30 said Kerry won, 19 percent said Bush won and 16 percent said they tied. The number of debate viewers surveyed was 770.

Bush's job approval rating dropped two points from the Sept. 9-10 Newsweek poll to 46 percent -- a 6-point drop since the Republican national convention a month ago. Fifty-seven percent of all poll respondents -- a total of 1,144 adults -- said they were dissatisfied with the way things were going in the United States now.

Sixty percent of registered voters said Bush administration policies and diplomatic efforts had led to more anti-Americanism around the world and 51 percent said the administration had not done enough to involve major allies and international organizations in trying to achieve its foreign policy goals, the poll showed.

However, 46 percent of registered voters said they would still like to see Bush re-elected, against 48 percent who said they would not like to see him re-elected.

When registered voters were asked who would handle issues better overall, Bush led Kerry 52 to 40 percent on terrorism and homeland security.

Kerry scored better on the economy -- 52 percent against 39 percent -- and health care, including Medicare -- 56 percent to 34 percent. He was also seen to be better at handling American jobs and foreign competition -- 54 percent against 36 percent.

For questions put to registered voters, the margin of error was plus or minus 4 percentage points; to debate viewers, it was 4.1 points; and for total adults, 3 points.

Is Newsweek a liberal jewish-run terrorist-sympathizing flip-flopper of a rag? I can't keep track of em all

[Midnyte_Ragebringer]

Is Newsweek a liberal jewish-run terrorist-sympathizing flip-flopper of a rag? I can't keep track of em all

Yes it is. It is under the PMSNBC umberella. Not hard to figure out. Go to the Newsweek.com site and look at the front page. You should be able to figure it out.

[Kelshara]

All polls either showing Kerry gaining ground or not released by Fox are of course fake and a fabrication of the liberal medai as part of the conspiracy against neocons!

[Xzion-]

hmmm...faster then i thought, wasnt that the same poll that showed Bush once having an 8 point lead...as more of these start comming out i want to hear what winnow says about the almighty diamond shitter

[Sirton]

Newsweek had Bush by 11 and 5 in head to head then in July Kerry by 7 and now Kerry by 3.

And Bush by I think 6 and 11 in 3 ways race and now Kerry by 2.
They are all Registered voter polls which are not as accurate as Likely voter.

Anyways the one to look at are Gallup, Rasmussen and (Zogby within 2weeks of the election). I like polls that dont fly all over the place myself.


Anyways here ya go Thess...Ill link it again I waited a week or so this time.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/bush_vs_kerry_hth.html

Funny how people grasp onto one poll for hope.
Newsweek is just about like Time or ABC or NBC poll. Ok to look at and may show a trend, but really not the most accurate.

[Kaldaur]

How about we all agree that polls are useless and stop using them as sources of information? Bush could be ahead in the polls, Kerry could be ahead, and it doesn't matter, because they don't decide the election.

[Truant]

Well, if that's the case, why do we bother with the election, because that has nothing to do with who gets elected either.

I cannot think of one reason for why we still have the electoral college.

[Akaran_D]

Really dumbass question - how do you get into the electoral college?
And who are these peopel that cast those votes?

[Keverian FireCry]

Each state has a number of electors that equals that of the states two senators plus it's representatives. The process for selecting electors is up to the individual states. Generally, the political parties nominate electors at their state party conventions or by a vote of the party's central committee in each State. Electors are often selected to recognize their service and dedication to their political party. They may be state elected officials, party leaders, or people who have a personal or political affiliation with the Presidential candidate. In most of the US the party that wins the most popular votes becomes that state's electors.

[Lynks]

This one will please the right wing conspiracy-everyoneisouttogetus-nuts.

Wrong again liberal media.

[Voronwë]

CNN Gallup poll has it a statistical dead heat.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/10/ ... index.html

The polls are more volatile than a lot of people probably thought they would have been.