Is the LA Times Poll Right??

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THE TIMES POLL
Bush Edges Ahead of Kerry for the 1st Time

The president gains in several measurements but remains in a statistical tie. Ads on the senator's war record seem to have an effect.

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Bush Edges Ahead of Kerry for the 1st Time


Please God tell me this is not so!

This was on the front page of the Los Angeles Times today.

www.latimes.com


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By Ronald Brownstein, Times Staff Writer


snip: WASHINGTON — President Bush heads into next week's Republican National Convention with voters moving slightly in his direction since July amid signs that Sen. John F. Kerry has been nicked by attacks on his service in Vietnam, a Times poll has found.

For the first time this year in a Times survey, Bush led Kerry in the presidential race, drawing 49% among registered voters, compared with 46% for the Democrat. In a Times poll just before the Democratic convention last month, Kerry held a 2-percentage-point advantage over Bush.

That small shift from July was within the poll's margin of error. But it fit with other findings in the Times poll showing the electorate edging toward Bush over the past month on a broad range of measures, from support for his handling of Iraq to confidence in his leadership and honesty.

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