Inside the poll numbers

[bsnyder]

From the latest New York Times/CBS Poll, which shows President Bush up 48-45 (via polipundit.com)


John Kerry has a 41% favorable, 47% unfavorable rating. This is his worst rating ever.

President Bush has a 48% favorable, 41% unfavorable rating. That is his best rating since last December.

Undecided voters lean to President Bush 50%-47%, validating the Pew finding and calling the Gallup number into question.

66% of Bush voters strongly favor their candidate.

50% of Kerry voters strongly favor their candidate.

By a 49%-34% margin, voters expect President Bush to win.

President Bush has a 49%-44% job approval rating.

The right track today is 43%. In 1996, it was only 39%.

48% of voters will vote on national security issues; only 33% on domestic issues.

By a 54%-29%, voters believe the Bush Administration has made them safer.

53% of voters do not think that Kerry agrees with their priorities, his worst number ever. 42% believe he has the same.

48% of voters do not think that Bush agrees with their priorities. 49% believe he does share their priorities.

52% of voters think Kerry has leadership qualities, his lowest number ever.

62% of voters think President Bush has leadership qualities.

57% of voters are uneasy with Kerry’s ability to handle a crisis.

60% believe Kerry says what people want to hear. Only 36% say that about President Bush.

53% of Americans say we did the right think in Iraq. Only 42% disagree.

31% say their families are better off than they were four years ago. 40% say about the same.

Most importantly, the percentage of voters call themselves a liberal has declined to 17%, the lowest number since 1997. 35% call themselves conservative.

DON'T FORGET TO VOTE!

 

[Disney Doll]

I'll be amazed if we know who's President by Inauguration Day!

I think it's too close to call, if you take into consideration the "margin for error" that every poll always has.

 

[bsnyder]

I dunno....the more I read about this election, the more I get this sneaking sensation that we're all getting whipped into a fever pitch by the media. Kind of like we do with an impending weather event that doesn't ever really materialize.

While it's certainly possible it will be the close race the media is very intent on portraying, it's much more likely that it will be relatively unexciting.

 

[Nancy]

Originally posted by bsnyder
I dunno....the more I read about this election, the more I get this sneaking sensation that we're all getting whipped into a fever pitch by the media. Kind of like we do with an impending weather event that doesn't ever really materialize.

While it's certainly possible it will be the close race the media is very intent on portraying, it's much more likely that it will be relatively unexciting.

 

[MikeB63]

I hope you are correct, but I am not that optimistic.