Bush-Kerry Race Tied As RNC Bounce Fades, New IBD Survey Shows
A new IBD/TIPP poll put President Bush and Sen. John Kerry in a dead heat, suggesting Bush's post-convention bounce is quickly disappearing.
In IBD/TIPP's first poll of likely voters, conducted Sept. 7-12, both men garnered 47% in a two-man race and 46% in a three-way race. In the latter scenario, independent Ralph Nader would take just 3% of the vote.
Bush Ratings Drop Among Uncommitted Voters, Annenberg Poll Says
Sept. 15 (Bloomberg) -- President George W. Bush's approval rating declined to 44 percent from 56 percent among undecided voters since the Republican National Convention, a poll by the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg Public Policy Center found.
Young voters rapidly deserting Bush, polls say
Mounting concerns over the war and the sluggish economy have sent President Bush's popularity plummeting among young adults in the past four months, complicating his bid for re-election and challenging Republicans to increase their efforts to win over new or lightly committed young voters. Four years ago, network exit polls found that Bush and Democrat Al Gore split the vote of 18 to 29 year olds, with Gore claiming 48 percent and Bush getting 46 percent -- the best showing by a Republican presidential candidate in more than a decade. But that was then. In the latest Post-ABC News poll, taken immediately after the Democratic National Convention, Kerry led Bush 2 to 1 among registered voters younger than 30. Among older voters, the race was virtually tied. About 1 in 6 voters in 2000 was between 18 and 29 years old.
An amusing side note on that last one: when I tried searching Google News for that story, Google suggested the alternative search wording "Young voters rapidly deserving Bush, polls say"
