Both Kerry and Edwards Lead Bush Going into Tomorrow's California Primary

[Nicholas_J]

The third and last of Stanford'sa reports on the California primary today have both Edwards and Kerry beating Bush in the California General Election, but Kerry leads Edwards by 2 to 1 in the primary polls.


March 01, 2004 07:31 PM US Eastern Timezone

Both Kerry and Edwards Lead Bush Going into Tomorrow's California Primary Election: Hoover Institution-Knowledge Networks Report

STANFORD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 1, 2004--In the third of a series of Hoover Institution-Knowledge Networks reports on the California primary election, both Senator John Kerry and Senator John Edwards lead President Bush among registered voters likely to vote in tomorrow's California Democratic primary. Kerry leads bush 43 percent to 38 percent, while Edwards leads Bush 44 percent to 37 percent. As expected, the results demonstrate that partisan loyalty is a key factor, overshadowing differences between the two Democratic candidates. Three-in-four Democrats support Kerry and Edwards over Bush, while four-in-five Republicans support Bush.


Senator John Kerry continues to lead John Edwards by more than a 2-to-1 margin. When given the actual presidential primary ballot, 49 percent of the respondents "voted" for Kerry, 22 percent for Edwards, with the rest divided among the remaining candidates listed on the ballot (even though in most cases these candidates have terminated their candidacies).

The third report includes 162 interviews conducted with registered voters in California between February 27 and February 29 and includes additional interviews with 505 registered voters conducted between February 23 and February 26. The survey was administered to a random adult sample of the Knowledge Networks web-enabled panel between February 23 and February 29. The analysis is based on interviews with 667 registered voters likely to vote in the primary election. The sampling margin of error is +/- 3.8 percentage points for the full sample and 4.5 percentage points for the analysis of the Democratic primary.

The poll was designed by Stanford University communications professor Shanto Iyengar and Stanford political science professors David Brady and Morris Fiorina, who also are Hoover Institution fellows, to learn more about voter attitudes and preferences as the California presidential primary approaches on March 2. They worked in concert with Knowledge Networks' vice president and managing director Michael Dennis on the administration of the survey and analysis of the results.

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[lastknowngood]

1. Kaaleeforya is going repug this time that is why they installed

Arnnie so he can purge the democratic roles just before the election.
And every "democrat" in the state can't wait to be shown supporting and enjoying the company of the Gropenator.

[King of New Orleans]

2. hoover-knowledge networks

is a lab experiment not a real polling organization.