Kerry Leads Bush by 5 Points in Pennsylvania, Quinnipiac Says
July 14 (Bloomberg) -- Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry leads President George W. Bush by 5 percentage points in Pennsylvania, according to a Quinnipiac University poll. Kerry led by one point in the poll last month.
Kerry led Bush by 46 percent to 41 percent in the survey of 1,577 registered voters from July 6-11 by Hamden, Connecticut- based Quinnipiac. Consumer activist Ralph Nader had 5 percent. The margin of error is plus or minus 2.5 percentage points. In June, Kerry led Bush 44-43 percent with Nader at 7 percent.
Pennsylvania carries 21 electoral votes, fifth highest among states. Democrat Al Gore carried the state in 2000 by 4.3 percentage points. It is among 18 states, with 190 of the 270 electoral votes needed to become president, where neither candidate leads by more than twice the margin of error.
Kerry, 60, a four-term U.S. senator from Massachusetts, has widened his lead over Bush, 58, ``in part due to his selection of John Edwards as his running mate,'' Clay Richards, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, said.
Fifty-four percent of respondents, including 41 percent of Republicans, said putting North Carolina Senator Edwards, 51, on the ticket ``will help the Democrats' chances of election,'' Richards said. ...
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Last Updated: July 14, 2004 10:54 EDT
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