<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1458" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I didn't jump into the Chicken Little Sky is Falling debates over the weekend, but just a reminder that a lot of polls are showing a very close race still:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The Economist pollsters surveyed 2702 respondents from Sept 6-8 (completely after Convention and Labor Day) and found the race essentially dead even (margin of error +/- 2), with strong disapproval of Bush on job performance and where the country is going:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A href="http://www.economist.com/media/pdf/YouGovJ.pdf">http://www.economist.com/media/pdf/YouGovJ.pdf</A><A href="http://www.economist.com/media/pdf/YouGovH.pdf"></A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>(Also see Zogby/Wall Street Journal state-by-state polls showing Kerry with a lead in the electoral college:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A href="http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=860">http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=860</A>)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Here are some of the internals:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> <DIV class=blockquote>Suppose the election for President were being held TODAY. Who would you vote for? George W. Bush, the Republican; John F Kerry, the Democrat; Ralph Nader, an independent candidate, or someone else? <P>Total; Def to vote (Last week, Two Weeks ago)<BR>George Bush 46% (44, 44); 47% (46, 45)<BR>John Kerry 45% (45, 47); 46% (49, 51)<BR>Ralph Nader 1% (2, 2); 1% (2, 1)<BR>Someone else 3% 2%<BR>Would not vote 0% 0%<BR>Don't know 5% 3% <P>As of now, what do you think you are most likely to end up doing on November 2? <P>(Total, Def to vote)<BR>George W Bush 47% 48%<BR>John F Kerry 46% 47%<BR>Ralph Nader 2% 2%<BR>Someone else 4% 3%<BR>Not vote at all 1% 0% <P>In general, are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way things are going in the United States at this time? <P>(Total, Def to vote)<BR>Satisfied 37% 41%<BR>Dissatisfied 57% 57%<BR>Don't know 5% 3% <P>Do you approve or disapprove of the way President George W. Bush is handling his job as president? <P>(Total, Def to vote)<BR>Approve 42% 45%<BR>Disapprove 52% 52%<BR>Don't know 6% 3% <P>Who would you prefer to be in control of the CONGRESS after the next election? <P>(Total, Def to vote)<BR>Democrats 44% 46%<BR>Republicans 38% 42%<BR>Don't Know 18% 12%</P> <P>------</P> <P> </P> <P> </P></DIV></FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=mike_larkin2001@yahoo.com href="mailto:mike_larkin2001@yahoo.com">mike larkin</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=lbo-talk@lbo-talk.org href="mailto:lbo-talk@lbo-talk.org">lbo-talk@lbo-talk.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, September 09, 2004 11:35 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [lbo-talk] New CBS Poll: Bad News For Kerry </DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <P><STRONG>"CBS) </STRONG>One week after their convention, the Republican ticket of George W. Bush and Dick Cheney hold a seven-point lead over Democrats John Kerry and John Edwards among registered voters surveyed in a new <B>CBS News</B> poll. <BR><BR>The Republicans’ gain in voter support comes about through two changes that appear to have happened at that convention – a major improvement in the President’s approval ratings on handling terrorism (already the area where he scored best), and significant negative changes in perceptions of the Democratic nominee." </P> <P><A href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/09/09/opinion/polls/main642108.shtml">http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/09/09/opinion/polls/main642108.shtml</A><BR><BR></P> <P> <HR SIZE=1> Do you Yahoo!?<BR><A href="http://shopping.yahoo.com/b:Back%20to%20School%20Sale%202004:96644124;_ylc=X3oDMTE0ZThra2w0BF9TAzk2Njg2MzU4BHNlYwNpbnRlZwRzbGsDbWFpbGZvb3Rlcg--">Shop for Back-to-School deals on Yahoo! Shopping</A>. <P> <HR> <P></P>___________________________________<BR>http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk</BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>