New Survey Shows Bush Ahead in Both Popular and Electoral Votes; Kintera/Luth ''Vote 2004'' Survey of 2,348 U.S. Consumers Shows Bush Lead in Nearly All Demographics
SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 27, 2004--In contrast with several recent polls suggesting a tight presidential race next week, a report released today shows that among 2,348 U.S. consumers surveyed online, Bush may be heading for a huge win.
In the Kintera/Luth "Vote 2004" survey, Bush leads in both popular and electoral votes, with males and females, all age groups and all income levels - although the lead is narrow among low-income voters. The Kintera/Luth Vote 2004 survey is a result of a unique research partnership between Kintera(R) Inc., (NASDAQ:KNTA), a leading technology provider for nonprofit organizations, political campaigns and advocacy groups and Luth Research Inc., a veteran online market research firm.
Kerry leads in some subsets of voters -- those who identify either the war in Iraq or the economy as their greatest concerns, those who never attend religious services and by a slight margin, those who do not give to charity. Bush gets overwhelming support from those who attend religious services regularly (more than 2-to-1), from those who give to charity (17% margin) and a whopping 92% of all those who identify terrorism as their number one concern. Nader receives less than 2% of the vote.
The Vote 2004 Survey
The Kintera/Luth Vote 2004 survey was administered from October 5, 2004 to October 11, 2004, using participants from the Luth Research SurveySavvy Panel, a widely recognized online sample source with 2.4 million individuals. A total of 6,700 emails were sent to a sample of Luth Research panel participants that reflects the demographics across the U.S.
Highlights from the Kintera/Luth Vote 2004 survey include:
-- Bush garners 50% of the vote to Kerry's 39.5%, with 7.7% undecided and 1.9% supporting Nader.
-- 50% of females support Bush while 40% support Kerry; 50% of males support Bush while 39% support Kerry.
-- People who identified themselves as frequent churchgoers support Bush over Kerry 62.4% to 28.9%; non-churchgoers support Kerry over Bush 51.4% to 32.8%.
-- The war in Iraq was named most critical issue, followed by the economy and then terrorism.
-- Those claiming terrorism as their most critical issue support Bush over Kerry 91.7% to 4.9%.
The election survey email message included a link (www.luth.kintera.org/election2004) to the online poll, which featured seven election-related questions and four demographic questions. The survey was designed not only to directly gauge respondents' voting preferences but also various demographics and social characteristics that can be used to predict the voting patterns of the yet undecided. The poll yielded a 2.1 % margin of error.
To download a full report of the Kintera/Luth 2004 survey results, including graphical representations of the data, please visit www.Vote2004.kintera.org.
About Luth Research Inc.
Founded in 1977, Luth Research offers clients around the world market research that moves business ahead. The company has an ongoing commitment to personalized service, advanced technology and customized research methodologies. From the Luth innovative online panel to the creative combination of research methods by an experienced team, clients can always count on Luth Research. For more information, please visit www.luthresearch.com.
About Kintera Inc.
Kintera(R) Inc., (NASDAQ:KNTA) is an innovative provider of software as a service that helps nonprofit organizations foster a powerful sense of community to achieve their mission. Kintera's Knowledge Interaction(TM) technology strengthens an organization's community by providing volunteers, members, donors and staff web-based tools to efficiently fulfill their tasks and share real-time data and information. The company's Internet innovations include its Friends Asking Friends(R) solicitation program and Kintera Sphere(TM), an enterprise-grade software system that provides content management, contact management, communication tools, commerce applications, community-building features and reporting functions. Kintera's technology is built on a unified database and payment processing engine. A web browser is all that is needed to use Kintera Sphere to help increase donations, reduce fundraising costs and build awareness and affinity for a cause. For more information, visit Kintera at www.kintera.com.
Kintera, Kintera Sphere, Friends Asking Friends and Knowledge Interaction are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Kintera, Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.
Forward-Looking Statements
In addition to historical information, this press release contains forward-looking statements (including, without limitation, express or implied statements regarding a consumer election survey) that involve risks and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements represent our estimates and assumptions only as of the date hereof. These statements reflect our current views with respect to future events and are based on assumptions and subject to risks and uncertainties. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performances or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, without limitation: our limited operating history; our history of losses; our dependence on increased acceptance by nonprofit organizations of online fundraising; lengthy sales cycles for major customers; our need to manage growth; risks associated with accounting for and processing large amounts of donations; the rapidly changing technologies and market demands; and other risks identified in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Given these uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements.
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