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To: Ish who wrote (23659)	1/9/2004 10:02:17 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793649

AP Poll: Bush Backed by Core Supporters By WILL LESTER ASSOCIATED PRESS - Las Vegas SUN WASHINGTON (AP) - Men, evangelicals and rural voters are supporting President Bush by big margins at the start of this election year, while traditionally Democratic-leaning groups such as women have more divided loyalties, an Associated Press poll found. More people say they will definitely vote for Bush's re-election, 41 percent, than say they will definitely vote against him, 33 percent, according to the poll conducted for the AP by Ipsos-Public Affairs. Another 24 percent said they would consider voting for someone else. "I can't imagine not voting for Bush," said William Miller, a 66-year-old retiree from Hartsville, S.C., who calls himself a political independent. "I'm very glad he was in office on 9-11. I feel like he's got a good handle on what we have to do in the international arena, and his economic polices seem to be coming around." On the question of re-electing Bush or definitely voting for someone else, men were more likely to vote to re-elect Bush by 49 percent to 26 percent. And rural voters leaned toward Bush by an equally lopsided margin. White evangelicals said they would support Bush rather than vote for someone else by an even wider margin. Women were more divided, with 39 percent saying they would definitely vote for someone else and 35 percent saying they would vote to re-elect Bush. Elizabeth Born, who's raising her son in Portland, Ore., said she's very unhappy with Bush. "I don't like the way he's represented the United States to the rest of the world," she said. "We're really hated. He embodies the stereotype of Americans the rest of the world may have." Bush's job approval in the poll was 56 percent, still strong after getting a substantial boost last month following the capture of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. Almost that many, 53 percent, approve of his handling of the economy. Six in 10 approve of his handling of foreign policy and terrorism. Bush is in significantly better shape with the public than either Bill Clinton or the first President Bush were at this stage in their presidential re-election bids and about the same as Ronald Reagan before his landslide re-election victory in 1984. In the AP-Ipsos poll, Bush has a big lead when matched against several of the leading Democratic candidates. He led Howard Dean by 54-39; led John Kerry by 54-37; led Dick Gephardt by 56-35; and led Wesley Clark by 49-42. The AP-Ipsos poll of 1,000 adults, including 774 registered voters, was taken Jan. 5-7 and has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.