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

To: Andrew N. Cothran who wrote (18050)	10/12/2004 8:47:36 AM
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Reuters Poll: Bush Moves Into Dead Heat with Kerry 1 hour, 41 minutes ago Politics - Reuters By John Whitesides, Political Correspondent WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush (news - web sites) bounced back into a tie with Democratic challenger John Kerry (news - web sites) one day before their final debate, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll released on Tuesday. Reuters Photo Bush gained three points on the Massachusetts senator to move into a 45-45 percent dead heat in the latest three-day tracking poll of the White House campaign. The focus of the tight race now turns to Wednesday's pivotal final debate in Tempe, Arizona, with both candidates hoping to take advantage of their last chance to court a national television audience of likely voters. "A close race got closer," pollster John Zogby said. "I am not expecting anyone to pull away in this one -- at least not yet." Seven percent of likely voters are still undecided three weeks before the Nov. 2 election. Only 35 percent of undecided voters give Bush a positive job rating, and 50 percent give him a negative rating. Bush holds solid leads among married voters, military families, investors and those living in states he won in the 2000 race against Democrat Al Gore (news - web sites). Kerry holds leads over Bush among single voters, moderate voters, union voters and those living in states won by Gore. Newly registered voters lean toward Kerry by 49-42 percent, while those who have already voted give a slight edge to Bush by 48-43 percent. The poll of 1,223 likely voters was taken Saturday through Monday and has a margin of error of plus or minus 2.9 percentage points. The rolling poll will continue through Nov. 1 -- the day before the election. A tracking poll combines the results of three consecutive nights of polling, then drops the first night's results each time a new night is added. It allows pollsters to record shifts in voter sentiment as they happen. This was the first poll conducted entirely after Friday's debate, when Bush and Kerry sniped at each other over Iraq (news - web sites), jobs and taxes. Kerry continues to lead Bush among voters who view the economy, education and the war in Iraq as the top issue, while Bush holds a huge 71-25 percent lead among those who cite the war on terror as their top issue. The poll found 49 percent of voters thought the United States was headed in the wrong direction and 45 percent thought it was headed in the right direction. It also showed independent candidate Ralph Nader (news - web sites), blamed by some Democrats for drawing enough votes from Al Gore to cost him the election in 2000, earning the support of 1.6 percent of likely voters.