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Politics : John Kerry for President? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Oeconomicus who wrote (3041)	10/26/2004 8:59:36 AM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 3515

Bush and Kerry Tied in L.A. Times Poll One Week Before Election Oct. 26 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. President George W. Bush and Massachusetts Senator John Kerry are tied in the race for the presidency, one week before the Nov. 2 election, according to a poll conducted by the Los Angeles Times. Bush and Kerry are each supported by 48 percent of likely voters, and independent candidate Ralph Nader by 1 percent with 3 percent undecided, the newspaper said. The poll surveyed 1,698 registered voters, 881 of which are classified as likely to vote, from Oct. 21-24. The error margin was 3 percentage points. Other polls, including a Washington Post survey, show Democratic nominee Kerry, 60, in a statistical tie with Bush, 58. The Republican incumbent is leading by as much as 5 points in nationwide polls by the Gallup Organization and George Washington University. Kerry is campaigning today in Wisconsin, Nevada and New Mexico, and Bush is also visiting Wisconsin as well as Iowa. Both candidates are focused on fewer than a dozen states that may decide the outcome in the Electoral College tally, which determines who will win the presidency. The electoral votes are apportioned among the states based on congressional representation, and state polls show neither candidate has clear leads in enough states to amass the 270 electoral votes needed to win. Skeptical Voters U.S. voters are skeptical about the balloting process in the U.S. presidential race and doubt there will be a clear winner the day after the Nov. 2 election, a poll by the Associated Press shows. The AP-Ipsos Public Affairs poll found that 60 percent of 1,000 voters, both Republicans and Democrats, said they were concerned the outcome of the election won't be clear on Nov. 3, and 48 percent said it's likely the results will be challenged in court. The telephone interviews of registered and likely voters were conducted Oct. 22-24. The error margin ranged from plus or minus 3.5 to 4 percentage points. More Democrats expressed concern about the voting process, AP said. The Democratic candidate in 2000, then-Vice President Al Gore, lost the race for the White House after the vote count was challenged in Florida. The Supreme Court decided that George W. Bush was the victor with a 537-vote margin.