Bush and Kerry Tied in Red States! (Zogby)

[On the Road]

from the most recent Zogby Poll:

In the Blue States, those that were won by former Vice-President Al Gore in the 2000 presidential election, Kerry receives 49.1% of support, as compared to Bush with 38.4%. In Red States Kerry and Bush are in a statistically tie with 45% a piece. The results here are reflective of a polarized and partisan electorate.

                   Blue       Red  


John Kerry         49%        45
 
George W. Bush     38         45
 
Undecided           8          7

Kerry leads over Bush in the Eastern (53.1% - 35.7%), Western (45.3%-44.2%) and the Central Great Lakes (47.3%- 40.6%) regions, while Bush leads in the South (46.5%- 42.5%).

       East     South   GrLk   West
 
Kerry   53%      43      47      45
 
Bush    36       47      41      44

http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=826

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I know there was a thread yesterday on the whole poll, but to me, this is so important that it needs to be highlighted. A few more percentage points means an electoral landslide.

[MallRat]

1. Rasmussen: Kerry & Bush tied in AR.

Just saw this a few days ago, too. If Kerry is giving Bush a run for his money in the border states, this game is OVER.

I don't have much hope for the deep South (except maybe LA), but keep an eye on AR, TN, KY, NC, and MO. If Kerry is tied or ahead in these states, Bush is in very big trouble.

-MR

[wryter2000]

2. Yahoo!

And we haven't had our convention yet. I'm hoping for some really great speeches that will resonate with the folk. Maybe one from Howard Dean :)

[Beetwasher]

3. His Lead in the Red States is Not Much

Wow. It's entirely possible that if things continue like this he could win some red states that were thought to be out of reach. Put Edwards on the ticket and the Carolina's could be in serious play for instance.

[spooky3]

6. and VA.

[Lefty Pragmatist]

15. NC, SC, VA are solidly red

The Carolinas are very conservative and Edwards' local appeal is waning the way Gore's did in TN.

VA might have been a chance, but while the economy sucks for most of the country it's *great* here -- defense contractor jobs are feeding the whole NoVa region and this is one of the few places you can go n the country where people will honestly say they're better off now than under Clinton.

We'll have to win without these three, but happily we can -- we can win even if we're completely shut-out in the south.

[Kahuna]

7. You won't hear about this from Judy Woodruff or Candy Crowley..

Wonder why? :puke:

[MoonRiver]

4. AWWWSOME!!!!!

:kick::kick::kick::kick::kick:

Dems RULE!!!

[Monte Carlo]

5. Maybe, just maybe, is Bush's BS catching up with him?

The spread of poll results I have seen are very encouraging.

[GOPBasher]

8. Wow! That's fricking incredible!

I don't know how that's possible, but I like it! :bounce:

[demosincebirth]

9. I don't understand the west...Kerry by 1

[Qutzupalotl]

10. I think it includes places like

Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, Montana...red states. Balance it with CA and WA and you get just a slim lead.

[On the Road]

11. A Kick for the Late Crowd

Enough with the gloom and doom! The battle is being taken to the opponent's turf!

:kick:

[Nashyra]

12. I saw today where they had Nevada going blue

that would be sweet!

[mzmolly]

13. Wow. If we deal with diebold and things remains pretty much as they are

we may pull this one out?

[Exgeneral]

14. geese then what would the DLC do?

their whole raison d'etre involves dealing from a position as party out of power.