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Released: September 19, 2004 Bush Continues To Hold Slim Lead Over Kerry (46%-43%); President Widens the Gap In the War on Terrorism (75%-19%)- While Kerry Leads On Other Top Issues, New Zogby America Poll Reveals With just 44 days to go before voters cast their ballots, President George W Bush continues to hold a slim lead over Senator John Kerry (46%-43%), according to a new Zogby America poll. The telephone poll of 1066 likely voters was conducted from Friday through Sunday (September 17-19, 2004). Presidential Ticket % Sept 17-Sept19 Sept8-Sept9 Aug30-Sept2 Bush-Cheney 47 47 46 Kerry-Edwards 44 45 44 Undecided 7 7 9 President Bushs overall job performance rating has virtually remained the same as our last two polls at 47%, with more than half of respondents continuing to express their disapproval. US Direction Sept 17-Sept19 Sept8-Sept9 Aug30-Sept2 Right 43 46 44 Wrong 50 48 48 Undecided 7 6 8 When asked if President Bush "deserves to be re-elected", 47% of likely voters responded positively, while half (50%) still say that it is "time for someone new." George W Bush Sept 17-Sept19 Sept8-Sept9 Aug30-Sept2 Re-Elect 47 46 46 Someone New 50 49 48 Undecided 3 6 6 Nearly one in three (29%) continue to identify jobs and the economy as the top issue facing the country, followed by the war on Iraq (19%); Pollster John Zogby: "While the overall numbers remain unchanged, there are some revealing cross-tabulations. Kerry continues to lead on four of five top issues but some possible worrisome details. Among those who say the economy is the top issue, Kerry now leads only 49% to 43%. He maintains wide leads among those who cite the war in Iraq as top issue (55% to 37%), those who cite health care (56% to 32%), and those who cite education (53% to 36%). But the President has widened his advantage over those who cite the war on terrorism to a 56 point lead -- 75% to 19%. This is still very close but has Kerry stopped the bleeding? Kerry's problem continues to be that he has not energized his base as much as Bush has energized his own. The President leads 92% to 5% among those say the country is headed in the right direction, while Kerry only earns the support of 79% of those who feel the country is on the wrong track. Bush gets 10% of this latter group while 9% are undecided. Kerry will have to convince at least half of that 9% to vote for him." The Presidents barometric readings are still not great net negatives on job performance, the countrys direction, and his re-elect but the best that can be said for his 46% in the horse race is that it is still better than 43% for his challenger. Zogby International conducted telephone interviews of 1066 likely voters chosen at random nationwide. Slight weights were added to region, party, age, race, religion and gender to more accurately reflect the voting population.
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