ARG Poll: Kerry, Bush still tied nationwide

[Karmadillo]

http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20040902-111942-6798r.htm

New York, NY, Sep. 2 (UPI) -- An American Research Group poll released Thursday shows the U.S. presidential race remains tied both among Americans registered to vote and among likely voters.

The ARG ballot preference test between John F. Kerry and George W. Bush among registered voters found that 48 percent said they would vote for Kerry and 46 percent said they would vote for Bush, within the plus or minus 3 percent margin of error.

When liberal independent Ralph Nader is added, 46 percent said they would vote for Kerry, 45 percent said they would vote for Bush, and 3 percent said they would vote for Nader.

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[Karmadillo]

1. Here's a direct link to ARG site. Kerry has lost support

among independents. Given the past few weeks, that's not surprising.

http://americanresearchgroup.com/presballot/

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The results presented here are based on 1,014 completed telephone interviews conducted among a nationwide random sample of registered voters. Of the total sample of 1,014 registered voters, 800 are likely voters in November. The interviews were completed August 30 through September 1, 2004. The theoretical margin of error for the total sample of registered voters is plus or minus 3 percentage points, 95% of the time, on questions where opinion is evenly split. The theoretical margin of error for the sample of likely voters is plus or minus 3.5 percentage points, 95% of the time, on questions where opinion is evenly split.

While Kerry was leading among Independents by 10 percentage points in a two-way match-up in August, Kerry leads by 5 percentage points among Independents in the latest survey.

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