http://zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=664 Edwards jumps to second among 2004 Dem hopefuls; Bush job performance stays at 63%, re-elect at 51%; Nation still split on Iraq war - 50% support, 45% oppose; Dems lead on economy, health care, tolerance, GOP leads on terrorism, taxes, integrity, latest Zogby America Poll Reveals North Carolina Senator John Edwards has surged into a tie for second place among rivals for the 2004 Democratic nomination, latest Zogby America Poll results show. Among likely Democrats nationwide, Connecticut Senator Joseph Lieberman leads with 11%, followed by Massachusetts Senator John Kerry and North Carolina Senator John Edwards, both at 9%. House Minority Leader Richard Gephardt is next at 8% and Senate Democratic Leader Tom Daschle follows at 7%. In July, Edwards was a distant seventh place among 2004 Democratic hopefuls with 2% support among likely voters. The poll of 432 likely Democratic voters, was conducted Jan. 4-6 and has a margin of sampling error of +/- 5%. Other 2004 Democratic hopefuls receiving support include: Civil Rights Leader Al Sharpton 3%, with Florida Senator Bob Graham and Vermont Governor Howard Dean, both at 2%. In the overall poll of likely voters nationwide, Americans remain split on a possible war with Iraq, with 50% who support military action against Iraq compared to 45% who are opposed. The overall poll of 1001 likely voters nationwide was conducted Jan. 4-6 and has a margin of sampling error of +/- 3.2%. President George W. Bush’s job performance remains strong at 63% positive, 36% negative, continuing to equal the 64% positive, 35% negative rating in October and the 63% positive, 36% negative rating voters gave Bush in September. A slim majority (51%) says Bush deserves re-election compared to 36% who say it is time for someone new. Another 13% are not sure. In October, 49% said Bush deserved re-election and 35% said it was time for someone new. Slightly more than one in three voters (35%) say they would vote to re-elect President Bush regardless of who he runs against, compared to 56% who would not vote to re-elect Bush regardless of who he runs against. Results also show that voters believe Democrats over Republicans are the party better able to handle jobs/economy (Democrats 43%, Republicans 36%), healthcare (Democrats 47%, Republicans 32%), the environment (Democrats 55%, Republicans 28%), and traditional values like tolerance (Democrats 45%, Republicans 30%). At the same time, voters believe Republicans over Democrats are the party better suited to handle taxes (Republicans 46%, Democrats 34%), terrorism (Republicans 54%, Democrats 20%), and traditional values like integrity (Republicans 42%, Democrats 27%).
Sweet. A lot of Zogby polls, IIRC, had the Democrats doing much better than they really did in the mid-term elections. Good news indeed.
Max, you must be really concerned w/ taxes... lol. Indeed, BBob, on the Plebe comment. I have a plan, however. After I win publisher's in Feb. I will start the populist, get off your ass Al Gore candidacy, promising Al easy hours (as practiced by the current illegitimate President) in which he will be able to boink his wife (his own, not the wife of the current illegitimate President) as often as he does or does not like. I'm starting to wonder if Al's comment in Dec., "we won't be able to get past the questions of the previous election" was actually a challenge for the lazy friggin' media to actually address it now. Of course, the media wants to run with the front runner, and wants to embrace pretty faces, so they have no idea how to handle the candidacy of someone competent like Al Gore. No... better to let the camera linger on Bush or Edwards and their cutesey wootsie faces. *sigh* I guess there's an upside... at least Forbes run was squelched early on.
All this says is that Americans really don't know what they want, since jobs/economy/taxes are all related, and people prefer Democrats on jobs & the economy, and Republicans on taxes.
no..it just frequently is a debated topic here as to whether americans actually want tax cuts or not...not sure if this is an indicator that sheds any light on that argument or not, but i thought it was interesting.
