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

To: American Spirit who wrote (3156)	10/28/2004 8:23:10 AM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 3515

Bush lead grow in N.C. poll over Kerry Associated Press WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - President Bush has maintained his lead over Democratic nominee John Kerry in North Carolina, according to a statewide poll conducted this week that showed Bush ahead by nine percentage points. "It looks like it's just kind of locked in," Brad Coker, the managing director of Mason-Dixon Polling & Research Inc., which conducted the poll, said Thursday. "People have made up their minds, and those who haven't made up their minds _ they won't affect the outcome." The poll said Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney were favored by 52 percent of North Carolina voters, Kerry and vice-presidential nominee John Edwards were favored by 43 percent, 1 percent favored Libertarian Michael Badnarik, and 4 percent were undecided. The statewide telephone survey of 625 voters who said they are likely to vote was conducted Monday and Tuesday. It has a margin of error of plus or minus four percentage points. The poll indicated a slight widening of Bush's margin in North Carolina. A similar poll conducted by Mason-Dixon last week found that Bush was favored by 51 percent of North Carolina voters and Kerry by 43 percent. Although Edwards, a senator from North Carolina, is on the Democratic ticket, he does not appear to be helping Kerry in the state. As it did last week, the poll found that more voters in North Carolina view Edwards unfavorably, at 44 percent, than view him favorably, at 43 percent. "Edwards' popularity appears mixed in his home state, and his presence on the ticket does not appear to be swaying North Carolina voters to vote for Kerry," Coker said.