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September 12, 2004
Bush | Newsweek Reports Bush’s Lead Narrowing

Newsweek reports that the double-digit “bounce” last week’s Newsweek poll found for President Bush has narrowed to six points.

Bush-Cheney had enjoyed an 11-point lead over the Kerry-Edwards ticket coming out of their convention, but in the latest poll, taken on the eve of the third anniversary of the September 11 attacks, the incumbents now lead 49 percent to 43 percent in a three-way race.

With 2 percent of the vote going to Ralph Nader, removing the independent candidate from the ticket has little effect on the spread, with 50 percent of the vote for Bush and 45 percent Kerry.

From California Yankee.



Posted by Dan Spencer at September 12, 2004 06:30 AM | TrackBack
Comments

It was never an 11 point lead, Newsweek oversampled republicans. The lead hasnt narrowed, it was always 3-5 points since convention week. But it makes a great headline, no?

Posted by: mark buehner [TypeKey Profile Page] at September 12, 2004 05:48 PM

any other ‘new ’ poll numbers?

Posted by: Kong [TypeKey Profile Page] at September 12, 2004 10:13 PM

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