Bush in free fall in Connecticut; Lieberman leads dem race/ Dean 2nd

[CMT]

George W. Bush's approval rating has fallen to a negative 43-53 percent in Connecticut. This is a reversal of a 54-41 percent approval rating Bush had in July. Quinnipiac University poll director Douglas Schwartz says, "President Bush has a negative job approval rating in Connecticut for the first time."

Favorite Son, Senator Joe Lieberman would easily defeat Bush 53-42 in the state reversing a 47-44 percent edge Bush had in July.

All of our other candidates are coming on too:
* John Kerry defeats Bush 48-44
* Gen. Clark is statistically tied with Bush with 44% for Clark and 46% for Bush.
* Howard Dean is also statistically tied with 45% for Dean and 47% for Bush (a reversal of a Bush lead over Dean of 53-38 percent in July).
* Dick Gephardt also is statistically tied with 45% to Bush's 47%.

The race for the Democratic nomination:
Lieberman 33% (down from 37% in July)
Dean: 17% (no change since July)
Clark: 14%
Kerry: 14% (down from 17% in July)
Gephardt: 5% (down from 8% in July)
Edwards 3% (no change)
Sharpton 2% (down from 3%)
Braun 1% (down from 4%)
Kucinich under 1%.
Undecided 11%

Each of our candidates do well with union households in Conn:
LIberman beats Bush 65-31
Kerry tops Bush 59-34
Gep tops Bush 57-36
Dean tops Bush 59-34
Clark tops Bush 53-37

*interesting that Gep (+21) who is the favorite of many unions actually doesn't do as well as Lieberman (+34), Kerry (+25) or Dean (+25) among Union members. At this point Gen. Clark holds a 16-point lead among union members in the state.

Dean, Clark, Gep, Lieberman, and Kerry each get 10-11 percent of the GOP vote in the state against Bush.

Lieberman is strongest with Democratic voters in the state winning 87% against Bush. Kerry gets 79% of Dem votes, Gep 78%, Dean 78%, and Clark 74% of the Democratic vote.

Among Independents in Connecticut, Clark loses to Bush 46-43, Lieberman wins the Independents 52-40, Kerry wins Independents 48-41, Gep loses Independents 42-49, and Dean loses Independents by 43-47 for Bush.

In the 2004 Senate race Chris Dodd is favored with 57% vs. 31% for "someone else".

http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x8465.xml

[LeftCoast]

1. One state down, 49 more to go!

:)

[wryter2000]

2. I'm with you, LeftCoast

But this isn't the first state down. BBB - bye-bye Bush.

[PROGRESSIVE1]

3. In 2000, the Gore/Nader vote was 60%!!!!!!!!

A Dem candidate will win in CT 58%-41%!

[goobergunch]

4. Good

The safe Dem states are falling back to their usual positions.

[mndemocrat_29]

5. Hopefully the presidential and senate races

will provide some coattails so we can oust Rob Simmons out of office.

[rucky]

6. Gep is taking the union vote for granted

the milk truck story is wearing thin. Dean is very actively campaigning union support thru his Tyson can drive and the upcoming Union day - Oct 22. I think he'll pick up a UFCW endorsement at the very least.