Reliability of polls called into question

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A poll in 20 swing states published on Tuesday showed Senator John Kerry still clinging to a narrow lead over President George W. Bush in the key election battlegrounds, but it raised questions about the reliability of such polls at a volatile point in the campaign.

While some other surveys have shown the election as a tight race, a string of recent polls has given the president a double-digit lead, provoking controversy about the various techniques used by the survey groups.

Tuesday's poll by Zogby International suggested that although Kerry was losing ground, his support was better distributed in the battleground states, giving him a potential edge in the electoral college, which reflects the way each state votes and ultimately selects the president.

If the election were held today, according to Zogby, Kerry would have 264 votes in the electoral college, six short of the number needed to win, and the president would have 241 votes.

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