[lbo-talk] No Bounce for Kerry

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

<blockquote>The latest US polls found that Democratic presidential 
candidate John Kerry has managed what few before him have done: he 
walked away from four days of party cheerleading in Boston without 
creating a post-convention "bounce" of public support.

A <a href="http://www.gallup.com/content/?ci=12565">CNN-USA 
Today-Gallup poll</a> concluded that not only had Mr Kerry's campaign 
not benefited from the party's national conference, but the 
president, George Bush, had actually gained ground. Among likely 
voters, Mr Bush led Mr Kerry by 50% to 46%, compared to a 
pre-convention poll where Mr Kerry led 47% to 46%. Independent 
candidate Ralph Nader held fairly steady at 2%.

Registered voters favoured Mr Kerry over Mr Bush 50% to 47%, a slight 
change from his 49% to 45% lead in a similar poll two weeks ago. 
However, with a margin of error of 3.5%, that effectively indicated a 
dead heat.   (Sarah Left, "No Bounce for Kerry," <a 
href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uselections2004/story/0,13918,1274571,00.html">August 
2, 2004</a>)</blockquote>

Yoshie