Key-state polls favor Kerry

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Key-state polls favor Kerry

By Mark Silva | Sentinel Political Editor
Posted May 26, 2004

A new poll in 16 "battleground" states where the presidential election of 2004 likely will be decided shows Democrat John Kerry holding clear leads over President Bush in eight states.

The remaining eight states are statistical dead heats -- with Kerry holding a small advantage in four and Bush slightly ahead in four others.<snip>

Similarly stark lines are drawn in the battleground states of Ohio, Missouri, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, where voters are divided nearly 50-50 in their positive and negative views of Kerry. Campaign ads have flooded all of these states.<snip>


Gallup, too, has examined 16 "battleground" states that either Bush or Democratic rival Al Gore carried by fewer than 5 percentage points in 2000. In these states this year, Gallup has found Kerry favored among 50 percent of registered voters, Bush 45 percent.<snip>

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