Kerry leads another Florida poll

[Bombtrack]

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/Florida_March%2013.htm

Florida: Kerry 48% Bush 45%

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Four years ago, Al Gore held a slight lead over then-Governor Bush in the Rasmussen's first Florida survey (also conducted in March). Bush was ahead of Gore for most of the summer, but neither candidate could establish a lead in the fall.

One surprise in the current Florida data is that 77% of Kerry voters are certain they will vote for him while only 72% of Bush voters say the same. Nationally, Bush voters are more solid in their support than Kerry voters. Fifty percent (50%) of Florida voters approve of the way Bush has performed his role as President. Another 49% disapprove.

In Florida, the candidates are tied among Investors while Kerry leads by eight among non-Investors. The Investor Class is the fastest growing demographic category in the nation. Nationally, Investors are expected to account for roughly 60% of all voters.
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[Florida_Geek]

1. I have seen at lot Kerry bumper stickers in Tampa

But very few Bush. With Touchscreens, Kerry needs a big lead in the Polls to beat Bush IMHO.

[Hav]

2. That's easy to explain

No one likes losers...and crooks..and liars...

[Bombtrack]

3. (with touchscreens) That isn't just a Florida problem

In fact there are less touchscreens as a percentage of total voting apparattus in the state than many if not most of the swingstates. I'm sick of people mixing different issues in voter paranioa when it comes to Florida. 2000 had nothing to do with BBV. It was butterfly ballots(which no longer exist), a 1 time purge list, and interference in a recount.

Also, Graham and Wexler are fighting harder than almost any other congress people for paper trails.

[onehandle]

4. Rasmussen is a right wing polling organization...

Which means Kerry probably actually is leading 52% to 41%, if consistent with their past polls.

[PA-DEM]

7. Rasmussen 2000

http://www.portraitofamerica.com Popular vote estimate: Bush 48.9%, Gore 39.8%, Nader 4.3%, Buchanan 1.0%, Browne 0.8%, Phillips 0.1%, Hagelin 0.1%, Not Sure 5.1%. Electoral College: Bush 224, Gore 168, toss-up 146.

[onehandle]

9. Hmmm...

Maybe even 54%/39%.

[Kahuna]

8. Yep! I was thinking the same thing...

This is great news. It will cause panic in the bush camp. That panic will cause them to do something vile and underhanded which will be good for us. Everyday since since Kerry called them crooked liars bush has done something new to prove him right. It's really too hard to keep up with all of the lies and deceptions of this administration.

[gristy]

5. What's with this "Investor" vs. "Non-Investor" demographic?

I've never seen that before. Do they mean "rich" vs. "poor"? :shrug: I don't like the looks of that, batman.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

6. But that would imply class warfare!!!

And we all know the rich don't try to hold the poor down! </sarcasm>

[Nicholas_J]

10. So far

ARG

Kerry at 50 %
Bush at 43%

Investors Business Daily

Bush 46 %

Kerry 43 %

Wall Street Journal

Bush 47 %

Kerry 45 %

CNN/Gallop

Kerry 52 %

Bush 44 %

ABC/Washington Post

Kerry 53 %

Bush 44 %

Fox/Opinion Dynamics

Bush 44%

Kerry 44 %

Notice, that only those polls that are taken with obviously big business related or obviously conservative viewers or readers have Bush hogher than Kerry, and even in those, Kerry and BUsh are in dead heats within the Margin of Errors in the polls.

While those polls taken by media with a more general audience has Kerry beating Bush by margins well outside of those margins of error.


ANd Kerry's lead in the general audience polls keeps getting larger.