Political Wire reporting new NPR poll Kerry leads 47-43

[59millionmorons]

http://www.npr.org/news/specials/polls/aug2004/aug04.pdf

Update: A new NPR Poll shows Kerry leading Bush, 47% to 43%. In addition, Bush's approval rating remains below 50%.

55% think the country is headed in the wrong direction.

[lancdem]

1. Cool!

I hope this is evidence of a SBVT backlash.

[BootinUp]

2. Shhh! Don't tell CNN

They only want to report polls that show shrub with a bounce.

[lancdem]

3. It'll be our secret

:)

BTW, in case people are wondering if this poll tends to lean Dem, this is the first time they've had Bush's approval under 50 percent.

[Guaranteed]

4. Man, that's from five days ago.

I appreciate the sentiment, though.

[lancdem]

5. But it's no older than the other polls

we've been hearing about.

[59millionmorons]

6. Political Wire is reporting it as new, contact them

http://politicalwire.com/

[DarthDem]

7. So?

Most of the state polls that are out there right now are that old. Or were you kidding?

[KC21304]

8. I like the numbers but the date is Aug 24.

Is that newer than the ones showing Bush leading ? Maybe it is.

[WiseMen]

9. When were interviews actually done? August 20th?

[KC21304]

10. The only date I see is Aug 24th.

[Nicholas_J]

11. Correct

If you look next to each qurstion, you see that the date that is next to it is the 25th.

Most of the polls done. (except for the tracking polls, which poll for one day alone) are about as old as that date, or the 25th at the latest. The more days that a poll is done, plus the more people polled leads to a more accurate poll. A recent Zogby done on the 1st - 24th of August has the same kind of data, with Kerrry at about 50 percent, Bush at about 47 percent.