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Thursday, September 09, 2004
Four Gallup Polls (MO, OH, PA & WA)
Posted by DavidNYCGallup released four new polls today, for Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania & Washington. All were taken after the convention, and all pushed leaners. (The questioning: "If undecided: 'As of today, do you lean more toward Kerry and Edwards, the Democrats, or Bush and Cheney, the Republicans?'") That means that a certain amount of Bush's support has to be quite soft. Polling firms like to do this because it produces "cleaner" data, but I actually think it makes the picture look murkier.
Missouri first (registered voters, no trendlines):
Kerry: 42
Bush: 53
Other/Undecided: 5
(MoE: ��4%)
Gallup also polled LVs here, who favored Bush by a 55-41 margin. In mid-July, Gallup had the race tied at 48-48 among LVs. The fact is, though, we know that Bush will not triple or quadruple his 2000 margin in Missouri this time around.
And Ohio (registered voters, mid-August in parens):
Kerry: 47 (52)
Bush: 48 (42)
Other/Undecided: 5 (6)
(MoE: ��4%)
Similarly here, we knew that Kerry wasn't going to win Ohio by ten points, so it's hardly surprising to see this race tighten up. What is very intesting is how skewed the LV numbers are for OH. Gallup has Bush up 52-44 among LVs, but as you can see, just one point up among RVs. And again, Bush isn't going to win OH by eight points (no matter what Zogby might say), so this just seems like pretty conclusive proof that Gallup's likely voter models skew absurdly Republican.
On to Pennsylvania (registered voters, late August in parens):
Kerry: 47 (49)
Bush: 47 (44)
Other/Undecided: 6 (7)
(MoE: ��4%)
Unlike OH, the LVs don't show a big jump for Bush - he's up 48-47. However, back in August, the LVs had Bush doing four points better and Kerry doing two points worse than the RV horserace that month (which was, as indicated above, 49-44 Kerry).
And finally Washington (registered voters, no trendlines):
Kerry: 51
Bush: 43
Other/Undecided: 6
(MoE: ��4%)
The other/undecided category includes two points for Nader. (The other polls didn't ask about him.) For once, LVs don't show a big difference: 52-44 Kerry.
Detailed poll results are available here.
Posted at 12:52 PM in Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Washington | Technorati
Comments
The OH poll shows Kerry's biggest weakness: No one is excited about him.
82 of the 373 Kerry voters (22%) say they will not likely go to the polls.
37 of the 381 Bush voters (10%) say they will not likely go to the polls.
Kerry has run a very poor campaign to date. He has lacked a clear vision and a constant message. Although Bush is a sorry lying bastard, he is consistent on lies.
Posted by: DFuller at September 9, 2004 01:12 PM | Permalink | Edit Comment | Delete Comment