Link to TIME poll.

[flpoljunkie]

http://www.time.com/time/press_releases/printout/0,8816,692562,00.html

New York: For the first time since the Presidential race became a two person contest last spring, there is a clear leader, the latest TIME poll shows. If the 2004 election for President were held today, 52% of likely voters surveyed would vote for President George W. Bush, 41% would vote for Democratic nominee John Kerry, and 3% would vote for Ralph Nader, according to a new TIME poll conducted from Aug. 31 to Sept. 2. Poll results are available on TIME.com and will appear in the upcoming issue of TIME magazine, on newsstands Monday, Sept. 6.

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[gasperc]

1. fuck, let's get to work

shit shit shit

[Feanorcurufinwe]

2. No coincidence that they don't include the 'registered voters' results

[LuminousX]

3. Changing the numbers with words

45% = almost half (thus adding 5% to the number)
59% = almost two-thirds (addint an astounding 7% to the number)

just a subtle bias in the wording, or I might be overly sensitive.

[flpoljunkie]

4. Newsweek poll July 29-30 had Kerry over Bush 52%- 44%.

And remember how remarkably well Kerry was doing vs Dubya on all the issues questions in the same poll--all taken during the Democratic convention.

[seabeyond]

5. polling report time poll

General Election Trial Heats:


Bush/
Cheney Kerry/
Edwards Other
(vol.) Unsure
% % % %
8/30 - 9/2/04 46 44 1 9
8/12-14/04 43 50 1 6
7/26-29/04 43 48 2 8
7/6-7/04 46 48 2 5

Bush Kerry Nader Badnarik Peroutka Cobb Other (vol.)/
Unsure
% % % % % % %
8/30 - 9/2/04 46 43 3 - - - 8
8/12-14/04 43 47 2 1 - - 8
7/26-29/04 41 46 3 - 1 - 9
7/6-7/04 44 47 2 1 - - 6