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On who can best handle specific issues, Kerry's lead on the economy has gone from 8 to 11 points; on Iraq, he has gone from 5 to +2; on terrorism, from 18 to 12; on health care from +17 to +21; and on taxes from +2 to +3. Kerry has also regained the lead over Bush on who can manage the government effectively (+1); increased his lead from +8 to +15 on "cares about people like you"; reduced his deficit from 19 to 9 on who is a strong and decisive leader; took the lead over Bush on "is a person you admire" (+2); increased his lead on having an optimistic vision for the future from +3 to +11; took the lead over Bush on being honest and trustworthy (+5); and registered a large lead on "will unite the country, not divide it" (+13).
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Bush's approval/disapproval is 44 percent/49 percent (37 percent/51 percent among independents). His rating on the economy is just 39 percent/54 percent (30 percent/59 percent among independents), even worse than two weeks before, when it was 42 percent/51 percent. And his rating on Iraq is even lower than his economic rating, at 38 percent/55 percent.
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Moreover, voters believe Bush's presidency has divided Americans (55 percent), rather than brought them together (31 percent). But they believe the opposite about a Kerry presidency: by 53 percent to 29 percent, they think he would bring Americans together.
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And here's a particularly impressive result: by 52 percent to 44 percent, voters select Kerry over Bush as the one better qualified to be commander in chief of the U.S. military.
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http://www.americanprogress.org/site/lookup.asp?c=biJRJ8OVF&b=134332Kerry Would Handily Take Massachusetts
(CPOD) Aug. 4, 2004 John Kerry would carry his home state of Massachusetts in the 2004 United States presidential election, according to a poll by the Center for Public Opinion Research at Merrimack College. 56 per cent of respondents would vote for the Democratic nominee, while 30 per cent would support Republican incumbent George W. Bush. Three per cent of respondents would vote for independent candidate Ralph Nader, and seven per cent would either choose other contenders or remain undecided.
http://www.cpod.ubc.ca/polls/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewItem&itemID=3662Bush Holding Off Kerry In Arizona
(CPOD) Aug. 4, 2004 George W. Bush could carry the state of Arizona in the 2004 United States presidential election, according to a poll by Market Solutions Group published in the Arizona Republic. 48 per cent of respondents would vote for the Republican incumbent, while 45 per cent would support Democratic nominee John Kerry. On Jul. 2, independent candidate Ralph Nader failed in his bid to be included in the Arizona ballot after his supporters were not able to collect the signatures of 14,696 registered voters in the state. Seven per cent of respondents are undecided.
http://www.cpod.ubc.ca/polls/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewItem&itemID=3664Kerry Now First In West Virginia
(CPOD) Aug. 4, 2004 John Kerry is the top presidential candidate in West Virginia, according to a poll by Zogby Interactive published in the Wall Street Journal Online. 47.6 per cent of respondents would vote for the Democratic nominee in the 2004 United States election, while 44.2 per cent would support Republican incumbent George W. Bush.
Independent candidate Ralph Nader garners the support of 2.1 per cent of respondents.
http://www.cpod.ubc.ca/polls/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewItem&itemID=3660