October 20, 2004
New Hamshire Update
Poll results for New Hampshire in the past weeks have continued to show a preference for John Kerry over Bush. According to the CNN site cited (and also found here at: http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/special/president/showdown/NH/), both candidates for president and their vice president running mates have made appearances in the past two months in the state. Most recently, on the first of the month, Bush headed a rally in Manchester and Edwards made an appearance at Town Hall in Windham. Since March 3, Bush has visited the state 5 times, Kerry 3.
From October 10th through the 16th, the Bush/Cheney campaign has spent a total of $204,578 compared to $168,313 for the Kerry/Edwards campaign. More information regarding these numbers can be found at the above site.
The following article can be found at: http://www.rasmussenreports.com/New%20Hampshire_Fall%202004.htm
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Four years ago, New Hampshire cast its Electoral Votes for George W. Bush. Today, however, it is the only "Red State" from Election 2000 where the President is not tied or ahead.
The latest Rasmussen Reports survey found that Senator Kerry attracts 49% of the New Hampshire vote while President Bush has 47%. A month ago, Kerry was ahead by six percentage points in the state and New Hampshire was listed as "Leans Kerry" for our Electoral College projections. Today, however, we are moving the state back to Toss-Up status.
In New Hampshire, Kerry currently attracts 15% of the state's Republicans vote (down from 19% a month ago). Bush gets just 11% from Democrats (down from 13%a month ago). In most states and in the national polls, Bush earns more crossover votes than Kerry.
In New Hampshire, the President's Job Approval is at 49, up from 47% a month ago.%.
Forty-three percent (43%) say the U.S. is heading in the right direction while 55% disagree and say we are off on the wrong track.
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Now that Nader has made his way onto the New Hampshire ballot, voters fear that he will steal valuable votes from Kerry. For more information, please see this article: http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/15/politics/campaign/15nader.html.
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