Bush leads in Pennslyvania when Nader included in Poll (!!) [View All]

[JohnLocke]

Poll: Kerry, Bush tied in Pennsylvania
by Peter Jackson -- Associated Press
Wednesday, March 17, 2004
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HARRISBURG, Pa. - (...) In the three-way race, Republican Bush is supported by 44 percent of the state's voters, compared with 40 percent for Democrat Kerry and 7 percent for Nader, who is running as an independent, according to the poll by the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute. Eight percent were undecided.
Without Nader in the race, Kerry and Bush would be running even - with 45 percent and 44 percent respectively - and 7 percent of the voters were undecided, the poll found. (...)
Still, the significance of the horse-race numbers was tempered by a finding that, overall, 24 percent of the respondents said they might change their minds before Election Day. (...)

On issues, 36 percent of the respondents said Bush's economic policies have hurt Pennsylvania, 34 percent said they have had no effect and 19 percent say they have been helpful. Forty-seven percent said they were very or somewhat concerned they or a family member might lose their job this year.
Fifty-two percent of the respondents said going to war in Iraq was the "right thing" to do, and 39 percent said it was wrong. Support for the war varied with political affiliation - 77 percent of Republicans, 48 percent of independents and only 28 percent of Democrats.
The institute surveyed 1,022 registered Pennsylvania voters by telephone between March 9 and March 15. The sampling error margin for the survey is plus or minus three percentage points.

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