CBS News Poll: Kerry would defeat Bush if election were held today

[WI_DEM]

About a year too late.

41% would vote for Kerry
36% would vote for Bush
13% would vote for "someone else"
6% would not bother voting at all.

Bush would lose the support of 3% of those who said they voted for him last year to Kerry. No Kerry supporters would switch to Bush but 13% said they would support another candidate. Among voters who either didn't vote in '04 or voted for another candidate or refused to say who they voted for Kerry leads Bush 34-11 percent.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/11/04/opinion/polls/main1011154.shtml

[SPKrazy]

1. Didn't the polls say Kerry would beat * the day of the election?

I mean before the changed exit polls even?

[WI_DEM]

5. No most polls had Bush ahead narrowly

Kerry was ahead in most polls until he was swift boated. Zogby was the only major pollster which had Kerry ahead as I remember it.

[acmavm]

2. bush** DID lose the election to Kerry.

.

[Tiggeroshii]

3. Looks similar to the exit polls.

We know how that turned out :eyes:

[longship]

4. Of what importance is this?

Is this news? Do we need a poll to know this? Do we need to waste resources on this kind of question? Of what good does knowing this now, other than to be able to say, "I told you so."

[rzemanfl]

6. Wait a minute. Bush's approval is 40% but only 36% would vote

for him? WTF?

[WI_DEM]

9. That's not too uncommon

for instance in November, 1964 Lyndon Johnson had a 72% approval rating but won the election against Barry Goldwater with 61%--some people may think he is doing a good job but may think that the other guy may do a better job.

[rzemanfl]

14. Wouldn't a more logical explanation be that 11% of the people

who approved of Johnson didn't bother to vote? It was not a close election after the daisy commercial. Goldwater supporters were very gung-ho, Dems were still mourning JFK.

[NanceGreggs]

7. Kerry already defeated Bush in 2004 ...

... If CBS had bothered reporting and/or investigating what happened in Ohio and other states, thanks to Diebold, they would have known that a year ago.

[Hubert Flottz]

8. Is that allowing for the 30% diebold will "Deliver" for Bush?

WE WAS ROBBED!

[catmother]

10. well if that's true it's really sad -- 36% still for bush???? n/t

[ProSense]

11. Old poll. Here is what the election would look like today

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x5537618

[leftofthedial]

12. NEWS FLASH: Kerry defeated Bush if election held in 2004 too

[WI_DEM]

13. yes, too bad Kerry didn't claim victory

[leftofthedial]

15. Kerry is either one of "them"

or is a coward

he wimped out and betrayed all of us who fought to overthrow the bush junta in 2004.

[EVDebs]

16. Exit polling proved this mathematically to MY satisfaction...

And those in the Ukraine will concur.

[complain jane]

17. Kerry already defeated Bush.