Rasmussen: Ohio 48% Bush 45% Kerry; NH 51% Kerry 45% Bush

[WI_DEM]

Those who say Ohio is out of reach are wrong. The latest tracking poll out of Ohio shows a statistical dead heat. Meanwhile in NH, a state which went to Bush in '00, Kerry is leading by six, 51-45

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/

They also have Bush up by only one-point in Colorado, 46-45

[Beetwasher]

1. Time to Bring it Home and Close It Up!

GO KERRY!!

[ollie3]

13. Kerry in a good position

Kerry may be slightly behind Bush now, but this is not so bad as it may seem. For one thing, the Bush "bounce" from the convention is over. Second, Iraq is getting worse and worse. Third, in a close race, the challenger historically gets most of the undecided votes. Fourth, my gut tells me that Bush's support is weak and people don't know enough about Kerry to feel comfortable with him. When they see him in the debates I feel they will get more comfortable with Kerry. Kerry doesn't, in my view, have to "win" the debates on points. He has to, however, show that he is presidential and worthy of people's trust. Kerry will do that, and we will see a large Kerry "bounce" leading into the election. That's my take on it, anyway.

[michigandem2]

2. the polls are already changing in an upward trend for kerry

and as more news from Iraq is known by all it will start to get worse for Shrub...lets keep working to get the truth out..and get the voters to the polls! REGARDLESS OF OUR MEDIA!

[cthrumatrix]

5. nice to see...but I don't trust any of these polls....recruit new dem

voters

[Vincardog]

3. CNN keeps lying trying to discourage us hoping we will stay home

They are the ones who need to give up and go home.

[Kahuna]

4. Luckinly for us, CNN's bs doesn't reach many viewers.

nt

[UrbScotty]

6. Rasmussen, as we all know, is conservative.

For a conservative poll to show a 3-point lead in Ohio is like saying the race is actually tied.

[demfaithful]

7. Mayor Koch has double crossed us: NY Kerry 49% Bush 45%

Unfriggin believable. Look at New York. This is impossible!!!! I know
that Koch has been campaigning for Bush. He and Zell, two old kooks, doing a lot of damage to us.

Puck Folls!

New York:
Kerry 49%
Bush 45%

[Doosh]

9. 49-44 actually

still, I think Bush has maxed out in NY and doesn't have much of a chance.

[WI_DEM]

10. NY will not be Red

Other polls show the margin higher than that. This poll was done around the 9/11 commemoration and I wouldn't fret it. It will be double digits for Kerry.

[BootinUp]

11. thats impossible.

[Zynx]

12. And there were also polls out in 2000 that showed Lazio had a chance

[BlueNomad]

14. The chances of NY being remotely close...

are about zilch...I just finishing reading a special convention edition of New York Magazine --passed on to me by an AFP reporter---that showed some obscene number like 60% of New Yorker believe that Bush had something to do with 9-11...Bush can dream on...

[Renew Deal]

15. Don't count on it being that close.

[Toucano]

8. Margin of Error

"This telephone survey of 668 Likely Voters was conducted by Rasmussen Reports September 12-18, 2004. The margin of sampling error is +/- 4 percentage points with a 95% margin of sampling error."

[Radical Activist]

16. What morons say Ohio is out of reach?

Probably the same dipshits who think we should give up in Arkansas. That state has been statistically tied for months. Both can easily be won if a real effort is made.

[AspenRose]

17. Sending a thank you shout-out specifically to RAVEN in NH

I know you've been working hard in the Granite State....thank you for your hard work! :-)

And thanks to others in the swing states working their tails off. This is encouraging.