NJ Poll Has Bush and Kerry in Dead Heat (unless you exclude non-voters)

[BurtWorm]

Then NJ is a Kerry lock.

http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x11375.xml

Polling Results

September 21, 2004 - Terrorism Fear Lifts Bush To Dead Heat In New Jersey, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Voters Say Iraq War Is Wrong And Economy Is Bad

President George W. Bush and Democratic challenger John Kerry are locked in a 48 - 48 percent tie among New Jersey likely voters, including undecided voters leaning toward a candidate, with 2 percent for independent candidate Ralph Nader, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today.


Among registered voters, Sen. Kerry is ahead 47 - 43 percent. This compares to a 49 - 39 percent Kerry lead among registered voters, with 4 percent for Nader, in an August 25 poll by the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-ack) University.


New Jersey registered voters give President Bush a negative 45 - 53 percent approval rating, little changed from prior polls.


While 81 percent of Bush backers say they are voting more for the President, 61 percent of Kerry backers say they are voting more against Bush.


By a 55 - 40 percent margin, New Jersey voters say it was wrong for the United States to go to war in Iraq, also virtually unchanged from previous polls.

[tjdee]

1. Yeah, whatever.

Kerry is going to win NJ, gotta love these polls that come out... I'm waiting for the one that comes out and says that Bush is leading Kerry in MA.

[Norquist Nemesis]

2. One note about the Kerry backers

as the media tries to impart the message that Kerry supporters are Bush haters. What they fail to include is that there are plenty of Republicans/Conservatives who have joined the Kerry camp to vote against Bush. The same can not be said in terms of numbers for Democrats/Liberals who joined the Bush camp.

[Larkspur]

3. This comment characterizes how I feel about this election ...

"It's not so much Bush vs. Kerry as Bush vs. Bush. Kerry voters aren't enthusiastic about their candidate. They just want to make Bush the ex-President," said Maurice Carroll, director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute.
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Yep, this captures how I feel about this election -- I'm voting to oust Bush, not voting FOR Kerry.

[Guaranteed]

4. 73% of seven-year-olds support Bush! nt

[WI_DEM]

5. I'll take the ARG poll which gives Kerry a 9-point lead