chuck not according to the latest Rassmussen poll just done at noon est
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Presidential Tracking Poll: Bush-Kerry
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Election 2004
Presidential Ballot
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Bush</TD><TD vAlign=bottom align=right width="50%" height=17>
49.0%</TD></TR><TR><TD width="50%" height=17>
Kerry</TD><TD vAlign=bottom align=right width="50%" height=17>
45.4%</TD></TR><TR><TD width="50%" height=17>
Other</TD><TD vAlign=bottom align=right width="50%" height=17>
2.2%</TD></TR><TR><TD width="50%" height=17>
Not Sure</TD><TD vAlign=bottom align=right width="50%" height=17>
3.3%</TD></TR><TR><TD width="100%" colSpan=2 height=17>
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<!--webbot bot="Timestamp" S-Type="EDITED" S-Format="%A %B %d, %Y" startspan -->Monday October 11, 2004<!--webbot bot="Timestamp" i-checksum="40563" endspan -->--The latest Rasmussen Reports Presidential Tracking Poll shows President George W. Bush with 49% of the vote and Senator John Kerry with 45%. The Tracking Poll is based upon nightly telephone interviews and reported on a three-day rolling average basis. More than two-thirds of the interviews for today's update were completed after the conclusion of Friday night's Presidential debate.
The debate didn't change many minds, but it had a measurable impact on voter perceptions of Bush and Kerry. Fifty-five percent (55%) of voters now believe that Senator Kerry is politically liberal. That's up six points from before the debate and the highest level of the year. The number viewing President Bush as politically conservative increased to 65%. That's similar to his numbers coming out of the Republican Convention.
Overall, voters declared the second Presidential debate a tie with fans of each candidate thinking that their man won.
In the race to control the U.S. Senate, Republicans can feel confident of winning or holding 48 seats at this time while Democrats have 44 in their column. One Senate race (South Carolina) is leaning Republican and seven are too close to call. We will release our latest numbers on the South Carolina
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