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Politics : Proof that John Kerry is Unfit for Command -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Glenn Petersen who wrote (1428)	8/19/2004 11:53:15 PM
From: American Spirit	Respond to of 27181

Kerry leading Bush in Ohio poll by 10% Gannett News Service -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WASHINGTON -- A new poll out today shows Sen. John Kerry with a slim lead among Ohio's likely voters -- but thumping President Bush by 10 percentage points among registered voters. The USA TODAY-CNN-Gallup poll of registered Ohioans was taken Friday to Sunday, before both presidential candidates came to Cincinnati to speak to the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention. Among likely voters, the Kerry-Edwards ticket led Bush-Cheney 48 percent to 46 percent. But among registered voters, Kerry's lead grew, 52 percent to 42 percent. "Wow," said Kerry's Ohio spokeswoman, Jennifer Palmieri. While most pollsters rely more on what "likely voters" say, Palmieri said using the "registered voter" figure was more accurate. "A big part of our effort is to bring in people who haven't voted before to turn out this time," she said. "The polls that don't reflect that don't reflect what's really going on in Ohio." But Bush campaign spokesman Kevin Madden pointed out Kerry's rating had actually dropped from the last USA TODAY-CNN-Gallup Poll taken just before the Democratic National Convention began July 26. "This particular snapshot shows us John Kerry didn't get the bounce out of his nominating convention that he expected," Madden said. "There's no question the race is close and it will continue to be close." The sample size for registered voters was 761 and 628 for likely voters. Thursday's poll is the latest of several surveys showing the Buckeye State is still up for grabs among likely voters. Because the margin of error on the poll of likely voters is plus or minus 5 percentage points, it means Bush could be leading Kerry, too. The gap among registered voters shows why independent groups like America Coming Together and other get-out-the-vote groups that support Kerry could be key to the battle for Ohio. "What it suggests is that the Democrats will be wise to try to raise turnout in Ohio as high as they can," said Eric Rademacher, director of University of Cincinnati's Ohio Poll. Rademacher's organization will release its latest poll today. Pollsters say registered voters tend to skew more Democratic than likely voters because they include more low-income, less educated and younger voters who are less likely to show up on Election Day, he said. Pollsters try to narrow results to likely voters by asking people, for example, if they voted in the last four elections and how likely they are to vote in the upcoming elections, said David E. Johnson, pollster for Strategic Vision, an Atlanta polling company. "Among registered voters, you have a larger population of minority voters. Minority voters are traditionally not strong likely voters," said Johnson. Strategic Vision will release its latest survey by Friday.

To: Glenn Petersen who wrote (1428)	8/19/2004 11:54:33 PM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 27181

So you support sleazy smear campaigns against war heros' war records by men who political opponents even there pimping for a candidate who dodged the draft and went AWOL? What kind of American are you?