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

To: Oeconomicus who wrote (3161)	10/28/2004 8:22:22 AM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 3515

Bush, Kerry Tied in Florida and Pennsylvania Quinnipiac Polls Oct. 28 (Bloomberg) -- President George W. Bush and Senator John Kerry are statistically tied in Florida and Pennsylvania, according to Quinnipiac University polls. Both campaigns agree the Nov. 2 election may hinge upon results in those states. Bush was backed by 49 percent of 944 likely Florida voters, while Kerry, the four-term Massachusetts senator, drew 46 percent. The poll's margin of error is plus or minus 3.2 percentage points. In Pennsylvania, Bush drew 49 percent to Kerry's 47 percent among 909 likely voters. The error margin was 3.3 percentage points. Both surveys were Oct. 22-26. Bush gained ground in both states. In Quinnipiac polls released last week, the president led by 1 percentage point in Florida and he trailed Kerry by 5 points in Pennsylvania. ``Just when it looked like Senator Kerry might be opening a lead in Pennsylvania, the momentum has swung back to President Bush, and the race is a dead heat,'' Clay Richards, assistant director of the Hamden, Connecticut-based Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, said in a statement. ``Since Labor Day, no candidate has held a lead that exceeded the margin of error.'' In both states, voters said Kerry would do a better job on the economy and health care, and Bush would do better in the war on terrorism and the situation in Iraq. Early voting began In Florida Oct. 18. Among 16 percent of voters who say they've cast ballots, Kerry led 56 percent to 39 percent, Quinnipiac said. The election is decided by the tally in the Electoral College, not the nationwide popular vote. Florida has 27 electoral votes and Pennsylvania has 21. A candidate needs a total of 270 to win, and polls in individual states show neither Bush nor Kerry has amassed that number to date.