"Voters choose Bush in poll for media.

[unfrigginreal]

12/29/91

"New Hampshire voters agree the economy is bad, but that doesn't mean they wouldn't vote for President George Bush over the Democratic candidates if the general election were held today, according to a poll conducted for The Concord Monitor and other media outlets by the Washington-based company Political/Media Research Inc.

"The poll of 827 registered voters found that 83 percent of them believed New Hampshire's economic condition was the worst in the country and 60 percent would give Bush just a "fair" or a "poor" overall job performance rating. But, Bush still would get 50 percent of the vote, according to the poll results, which were published early last week.

"Head-to-head with the president, the strongest candidate among the Democrats was former Massachusetts Sen. Paul Tsongas, who got 33 percent of the vote compared to 50 percent for Bush, the poll said. Sen. Bob Kerrey (D-Nebraska) and Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton each got 32 percent when paired against Bush, who got 50 percent of the vote if he ran against Clinton and 52 percent against Kerrey.


http://www.dailykos.com/story/2003/12/12/192655/06

[Droopy]

1. I wonder how much name recognition had to do with that? n/t

[GainesT1958]

2. That was a GOOD one to pull on us, UFR! :-)

And it took a while to read down far enough to see JUST WHAT you were doing!:D

As we recall, Clinton carried N.H. BOTH times he ran--something I don't think a Dem had done since FDR, who of course ran four times. And something I think our nominee--whoever he is--will do next year, as well.

B-)

[bearfartinthewoods]

13. if you click on the bar, just above this map

you can see the red/blue scenerio for the past six prez cycles.

http://www.johnedwards2004.com/map/

[POed_Ex_Repub]

3. The only numbers that matter to me...

Are the ones that come out in November.

[Fixated]

4. Who cares?

No one knows anything about Dean outside of us political-types. La dee da.

[devinsgram]

9. Exactly, it's still 11 months away. Anything can change

in that amount of time, right now everybody has the holidays on there minds.

[boneygrey]

5. Thanks for reminding me.

After seeing the recent pollin numbers in NH giving Bush 57 to Dean 30, I thought oh sh*t. I feel much better now.

[RBHam]

6. Good find...

Those that fail to learn from history, are doomed to repeat it.

[Julien Sorel]

7. As always, you people have to be reminded.

The economy worked against the first Bush. It's working for this Bush. Howard Dean might walk on water, but he isn't Bill Clinton. If he polls as badly as he does now, in a neighboring state at the beginning of a recovery, what's he going to look like as the recovery kicks in?

The guy's a loser. You can go through previous election results and polls all you want, but this is not 1992.

[Jim Sagle]

10. He's never lost before. Why should anyone listen to you?

[boneygrey]

11. You make a good point

about the economy as an issue. This concerns me greatly.Predictions are for 2004 to be the best economy in 20 years. http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/031211/nyth120_1.html

Also, you can bet troops will be leaving Iraq by election time. We need additional issues to pound the pukes with.

[LuminousX]

12. The guy's a loser.

But if he beats your guy in the primaries... Wait, what is the definition of loser again?

[Granite]

8. Outstanding!

I've been Googling for "December-before-election year polls" to try to find a reference such as this to back up my arguments with repub "friends." Outside of the political junkies, activists and members of the "base" like most of us, no one else is paying attention to the candidates at this point, and incumbency and name recognition are key for most "likely voters". Those that are listening somewhat are getting media spin (Dean=left liberal; Kerry=stiff, New England, Dukakis-like; Clark=fired and disgraced; Kucinich=loony left; Sharpton=Tawana Brawley race baiter; Edwards=ambulance chasing trial lawyer; etc.).

I'm more interested in approval ratings and re-elect numbers, which are trending the way we want them too, right now.