http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/11/01/politics/main652662.shtmlCBS Poll: Bush 47, Kerry 46
NEW YORK, Nov. 1, 2004
Bush Promises Strength
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"We believe we are slightly ahead."
A senior Kerry adviser
Osama bin Laden appears to be a non-factor in the race. (Photo: CBS)
(CBS) By Jarrett Murphy, CBSNews.com producer
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John Kerry sat within one point of President Bush in the latest CBS News poll released Monday, as support for the president appeared slip slightly.
The new poll, conducted Thursday through Sunday, gave the president a 47-46 percent lead among likely voters. The poll surveyed 1,345 people and among likely voters carried a three-point margin of error.
That represented a slight narrowing of the gap from Mr. Bush's 49-46 percent lead in a CBS News/New York Times poll reported Sunday based on interviews Thursday through Saturday. That poll talked to 920 people and there was a four-point margin of error for likely voters.
Independent candidate Ralph Nader gets 1 percent in both polls.
Statistically, however, nothing really changed. The candidates were still with the margin of error and — as in other polls out Monday — the race was too close to call just hours before Americans cast their ballots in the country's 55th presidential election.