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October 28, 2003
Fractured Fairytales
The latest CNN/USAToday/Gallup poll shows Clark's support is dropping....and a few other interesting things. Dean now has a slim lead, 1%, over Clark....for what that's worth. The poll has an error rate of +/- 5%, so that's hardly statistically significant.
What's more interesting is that support for the top 5 candidates, Dean (16%), Clark (15%), Gephardt (12%), Lieberman (12%) and Kerry (10%) is pretty evenly distributed. Throw in the poll's error rate and it's an even bigger mess. The Democratic Convention should be a helluva show.
As an afterthought, CNN threw in at the end the rest of the poll's results.
The CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll also shows President Bush's job approval rating at 53 percent, compared to 42 percent who disapproved. In a hypothetical match-up with an unnamed Democrat, Bush is the choice of 46 percent, while the president's rival was picked by 43 percent.
The margin of error for the poll questions about Bush was plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.
Looks like the "Attack Bush" plan isn't working too well.....which isn't too surprising. Attacking your opponent can only be effective if you can follow up with a reasonable alternative plan.
And that the Dems haven't done.
Posted by Rita at October 28, 2003 07:44 AM