Bush Pulls ahead in Newsweek Poll, and Is Kerry Paying People To Campaign For Him??

As the election draws near, a Newsweek poll shows President Bush moving ahead of John Kerry in the popular vote. The poll showing a 50-44 percent lead for Bush had last week showed the race to be tied. A ABC news poll showed the race still tied.

In the battleground states, campaign workers for both sides are still at work. What I found interesting is that the article indicated that the Kerry workers were paid, and the Bush workers were for the most part volunteers. If true what does this say about the convictions of the Kerry supporters. He has to shell out $$$ to get people to campaign for him :shk:

APPLETON, Wis. - As President Bush and John Kerry crisscrossed Midwest battleground states Saturday, a new poll showed the incumbent moving ahead of the Massachusetts senator in the popular vote, and Democrats said their private surveys also hinted at momentum for the president.


A Newsweek poll showed Bush ahead of Kerry 50-44 percent. A week ago, the same survey had the race tied. The president briefly opened a small lead in an ABC poll, but it had vanished by Saturday night.

Throughout the battlegrounds, Kerry's mostly paid army of organizers was pitted against Bush's largely volunteer-driven team to get supporters to the polls Tuesday. It's too late for some: Early voting mushroomed this year and, in Florida alone, nearly 2 million voters have already cast ballots
Bush and Kerry

Edit: Fixed Link

[edit on 10/31/04 by FredT]

[edit on 10/31/04 by FredT]

Bush is cheap???

Those poll numbers seem a bit high when compared to other polls.

Here's some of the others that are out there:

October 30 2004
FOX News - Bush 47, Kerry 45, Nader 1
TIPP: Bush 46, Kerry 44, Nader 2
Rasmussen - Bush 48.8, Kerry 48.3
Newsweek - Bush 50, Kerry 44, Nader 1


October 29 2004
Washington Post - Bush 50, Kerry 47, Nader

The inital sotry I linked to on Yahoo has changed, the link I provided is to the Washington Times that has the Newsweek poling data. The item I was really interested in though was the paied campaign workers. Why is Kerry paying them???

Apparently, the Republicans also pay people to conduct voter registration:

sproul-associates-voter-registration-p aid-for-by-republican-party


Post Gazette

GOP-paid firm faces voter-fraud charge


BTW, did you see this item in the Washington Times story?
Nine percent of registered voters and six percent of likely voters say they have not yet decided who they will vote for.

The election is only days away!
How could that many people still be undecided?

The latest Fox News poll has Kerry tied with Bush among likely voters and ahead of Bush among registered voters.
The Fox poll was conducted on October 29-30 whereas the Newsweek poll was conducted on October 27-29

31 October 04: FOX News/Opinion Dynamics Poll

CURRENT VOTE FOR PRESIDENT
AMONG LIKELY VOTERS
(Three Way)
Bush 46%
Kerry 46%
Nader 1%
NS/Other 7%

(Two Way)
Bush 46%
Kerry 47%
na 7%

AMONG REGISTERED VOTERS
(Three-Way)
Bush 45%
Kerry 47%
Nader 1%
NS/Other 7%

(Two-Way)
Bush 45%
Kerry 47%
na 8%

I have heard that Kerry saved his money, and is spending it now. Whereas the Bush team spent thier money earlier, and are kind of scrambling. That's what they're saying on the Sunday talk shows. If that's true, maybe Kerry is paying them because he can and Bush is using volunteers because he has to.

The latest Fox News poll has Kerry tied with Bush among likely voters and ahead of Bush among registered voters

Wow...Kerry is ahead in the Fox News polls? ::rubs her eyes in disbelief::
This must mean only good things for Kerry, I hope...

Originally posted by Lecky

Wow...Kerry is ahead in the Fox News polls? ::rubs her eyes in disbelief::
This must mean only good things for Kerry, I hope...

- Even Fox now has it neck and neck, 50 - 50, tonight. (@00.30am GMT)

Good signs for Kerry.

Kerry has pulled ahead in latest Fox Poll
Fox News Poll Nov 1 2004

Likely Voters:
Bush 46%
Kerry 48%
Nader 1%

Registered Voters:
Bush 45%
Kerry 47%


Reuters/Zogby poll
Bush over Kerry 48-47 percent in the latest three-day national tracking poll
Reuters

Originally posted by AceOfBase
Kerry has pulled ahead in latest Fox Poll

- and Fox reported this?

*sminkey faints*