Rasmussen Battleground Polls for 10/18 (Mixed News)

[louis c]

The best news is that Bush and Kerry are tied at 47% in Rasmussen's 3 day national tracking polls, that's a 2 point gain from yesterday.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com

This matches Zogby's margin, as he has the race tied in his 3 day national tracking for the same period, at 45% each. That is also a 2 point Kerry gain from yesterday.

http://www.zogby.com

In the Rasmussen 7 day rolling averages for 5 key battleground states the results for today are:

Florida, Bush 47%-46% (This is a 1 point Kerry gain from yesterday)

Michigan, Kerry 49%-45% (This is a 2 point Kerry gain from yesterday)

Minnesota, Tie 47% (This is a 2 point Bush gain from yesterday)

Ohio, Bush 49%-47% (This is a 1 point Bush gain from yesterday)

Pennsylvania, Kerry 49%-45% (This is a 2 point Kerry gain from yesterday)

[MidwestTransplant]

1. Not that mixed!

[lancdem]

2. I think this is good news

Look at Bush's share of the vote. He's polling at 47 percent and lower in all of them except Ohio. That's poor for an incumbent.

[WI_DEM]

3. that's not so bad except for Minnesota

[lancdem]

4. I'm not worried about Minnesota

Bush isn't winning any state he polls 47 percent in.

[Doosh]

5. mostly good, and don't worry about Minnesota, Bush has conceded there

another point or 2 and Kerry seals Pennsylvania and Michigan for good, these latest figures jive with the stories of Bush pulling out of Pennsylvanai last week.

[GOPBasher]

6. Overall this is good.

I'm still a bit concerned, because I think we need one of Florida or Ohio.

[unfrigginreal]

7. Whew!

Based on the mixed news comment I expected worse when I opened the thread. It doesn't look too bad though overall, Bush is under 50% everywhere.

[Pirate Smile]

8. Mostly good. You are good at playing the expectations game yourself.

I was happily surprised.

[DarthDem]

9. Heh

Does Raz dare to show Kerry up in Florida? Tee hee. Numbers and trendlines look very, very good. The Minnesota thing is preposterous - - * has conceded the state. Yanking NC and replacing it with MN in the polling was a Republitool PR/disinformation move.