New Maryland Poll - Dean over Bush

ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- More than half of Marylanders continue to approve of the job done by Gov. Robert Ehrlich while President George W. Bush's standing has improved slightly over the last four months, according to a poll to be released Wednesday.

The poll by Annapolis-based Gonzales Research and Marketing Strategies also showed Marylanders disapprove of the president's handling of the war in Iraq by a 48 percent to 40 percent margin.

And even though Bush's precipitous slide in job approval rating has ended, Democrat Howard Dean was favored over Bush. When asked who they would support in next year's presidential race, 48 percent chose Dean and 41 percent supported Bush. In a Gonzales poll in August, the two were tied.

Asked about Bush's job performance, 47 percent approved, up from 43 percent in August, and 46 percent disapproved, down from 48 percent in August. Asked if "it was worth going to war with Iraq, or not," 36 percent said "yes" and 51 percent said "no."

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The poll of 806 registered voters was taken Dec. 3 through Dec. 7 and has a margin of error of 3.5 percentage points.

the better he does. And the article says that Gephardt and Lieberman are "almost even" against Bush indicating that Dean is running best against Bush in Maryland--a border state.

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Mein gott! One down, 49 to go.

in Massachusetts Dean beats Bush by 24-points (compared to Kerry who wins by 18-points) and in Vermont Dean is up by 15-points over Bush.

I live in NYC, and I am proud to report that he is doing quite well here in the commie pinko capital of America. So four down.

:-)

Is this the first poll that showed a specific dem candidate over Bush?

...So I would hope any of the Dem candidates would have no problem winning Maryland.

2000 Maryland results:
Gore 1,143,888 (56.6%)
Bush 813,724 (40.2 %) .......and Bush has held steady or even improved.

but he is running better according to this poll than any other democrat at this time. Also, Gore was behind in NJ according to Quinnipiac polling at this time in 1999 and he won that state by 14-points.

all you do is bitch. You'd crawl over broken glass infected with ebola to get in a negative with regard to Dean.

And separate the negs and the positives from the neutrals.

but you only report the negs with regard to Dean.

Face it, you want to affect the outcome by using negative comments about a certain candidate.

Thank you for your leadership. What would we do without you?

I firmly believe Dean will lose (unless Bush supporters stay home).

;-)

Clark '04.

And I can't wait to rub his nose in it.

This is great news!

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Good onya Dems!

rest do in MD in this poll?

This poll isn't up on the pollsters own site - go figure. :shrug:

http://www.garesearch.com/

That's pretty lame that the media is continuing to sell us this BS

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Great the 2 dems no smart strategists think have had a chance at the nomination for months, Lieberman and Gephardt.

many smart Democrats think that Gephardt could emerge as Dean's main opponent especially if he wins Iowa.

at the Florida Democratic convention. They wouldn't let us have a straw poll, but Dean was the clear, hands down favorite.

WTG Al Gore:toast:

This stuff needs to be reported more to slam the conservative dolts that keep repeating their mantra that Dean can't beat Bush. More Americans need to know that Bush is beatable.

;-)

fervently hopes we Dems do not nominate him, I have a question for you.

Which is most important to you? You may choose only one.

a. to have Dean nominated.

b. to beat Bush.

There is no c or d. I'll acknowledge that it's possible for a and b to both occur. What I'm asking you is to indicate which is most important to you, assuming that only one of these choices can happen. Is it a or b?

it's very, very, very stupid to assume only one of those choices can happen because you're buying into the meme that Dean is unelectable.

:party:

;-)

Dean - 25
Bush - 34 (No way we're taking Texas, lol.)

Later.

RJS

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