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July 13, 2004
Kerry-Edwards Up By 7
The latest Gallup poll, consistent with the analysis I posted yesterday, shows the Kerry-Edwards ticket getting a warm reception from voters. In the poll, Kerry-Edwards leads Bush-Cheney by 7 points (51-44) among RVs. That's up from a 4 point lead in Gallup's last poll about three weeks ago.
Internals of this horse race question also look very good for the Democratic ticket. Kerry-Edwards have a very healthy 13 point lead among independents (50-37). And Democrats are supporting their ticket even more strongly (92-6) than the Republicans are supporting theirs (87-9); the reverse has generally been true in the campaign up 'til now.
Kerry-Edwards also have a wide 19 point lead in the solid blue states (58-39) and, even more important, a substantial 10 point lead in the purple, up-for-grabs states (51-41).
In addition, the Kerry-Edwards ticket enjoys a substantial advantage in favorability ratings over the Bush-Cheney ticket. Kerry's favorability rating is 56 percent favorable/34 percent unfavorable (a +22 net rating), while Bush's is 52/46 (+6). Similarly, Edwards' favorability rating is 55/24 (+31), while Cheney's is 46/42 (+4).
Guess those attack ads didn't work so well after all.
Posted by Ruy Teixeira at 08:29 PM | link
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