Electoral Vote Predictor 2004: Kerry 247 Bush 275
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| Sept. 6 | New polls: NM |
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News from the Votemaster
Despite this being a holiday weekend, we actually have a real poll, and an important one at that. Bush has take a 3% lead in New Mexico, a major switch since the previous poll, where Kerry was 6% ahead. However, it should be pointed out that this poll was taken during the RNC and just after Bush campaigned there.
Rasmussen has started publishing a 3-day rolling average every day. For Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, (all post-speech), Bush's lead nationally has shrunk to 1.2%. Rasmussen looked at the Time and Newsweek polls we had yesterday and said the samples had too many Republicans in them. When he corrected for this effect, he concluded that the Time and Newsweek data might support the conclusion of a 3% Bush lead, not more. This observation is noteworthy because it is relatively rare when one pollster says that his colleagues blew it.
Rasmussen also just held a poll asking people if they had a favorable or unfavorable impression of a variety of people. Here are the results.
| Person | Favorable | Unfavorable |
| Zell Miller | 25 | 32 |
| Karl Rove | 14 | 26 |
| Bill Frist | 19 | 25 |
| Dennis Hastert | 19 | 19 |
| Tom DeLay | 18 | 26 |
Two things strike me as noteworthy. First, except for Miller who was just on national TV, less than half the people have any opinion of these people, despite the immense power all of them wield. Second, those people who do have an opinion don't especially like them. Fortunately for them, Hastertand DeLay are the only ones facing the voters this year, and their seats are safe.
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