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TheStateChief Donating Member (232 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-03-04 02:55 PM
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Arkansas: Bush 45% Kerry 45%
May 3, 2004--President George W. Bush and Senator John F. Kerry are tied in Arkansas. The latest Rasmussen Reports survey in that state found both men earning 45% of the vote.
Adding Ralph Nader's name to the poll has absolutely no impact in this key Southern state.

Just 49% of Arkansas voters believe the U.S. is winning the War on Terror. Thirty percent (30%) believe the terrorists are winning.

Forty-nine percent (49%) of Arkansas voters say they trust Bush more than Kerry when it comes to national defense issues, but 42% prefer Kerry. On a national basis, the President has a larger advantage on this issue.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/Arkansas_May.htm
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spotbird Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-03-04 02:56 PM
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1. Bush won Arkansas last time, but I don't remember the spread.
Does anyone?
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cjbuchanan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-03-04 03:07 PM
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7. It was kind of close
2000 AR returns

Bush - 472,940 - 51.4%
Gore - 422,768 - 45.9%
Nader - 13,421 - 1.5%
Buchanan - 7,358 - .8%
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LoZoccolo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-03-04 02:58 PM
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2. Evidence that we should stop southerner-bashing on DU.
Adding Ralph Nader's name to the poll has absolutely no impact in this key Southern state.

They have more sense than many.
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mzmolly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-03-04 02:59 PM
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4. LOL INDEED!!!!
:toast: to our Southern brothers and sisters!!!!
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mac56 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-03-04 02:58 PM
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3. Good news.
A tie at this point for an incumbent spells bad news for *.
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Nimble_Idea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-03-04 02:59 PM
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5. clark.........clark..........
National Security......Kerry AND Clark....

come on people, Does this have to be spelled out any more?
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StephNW4Clark Donating Member (547 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-03-04 03:03 PM
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6. i love your logic.
:)
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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-03-04 03:18 PM
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9. I am beginning...
To agree with you. That ticket will give the repukes Chronic Hysterical Diarrhea.
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sandnsea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-03-04 03:39 PM
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10. Yeah, it really would
They liked Clark in Oklahoma too. I kind of thought Edward would bring alot of spunk and also pull in those rural and labor voters. But Clark appeals to a whole different group of voters and the thing about that group is that they actually VOTE.
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Leilani Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-03-04 03:43 PM
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12. Put Clark on the ticket
& you will win Arkansas, West Virginia, Arizona, & New Mexico.

And there are plenty more he will make competitive.
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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-03-04 03:16 PM
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8. The best strategy for Kerry...
In AR and OK is to just say "Bush is from Texas. I am not."

He'll landslide there. ;-)
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ButterflyBlood Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-03-04 03:41 PM
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11. AR is probably the only Southern state that's winnable
with 10% undecided, this actually gives Kerry an advantage, undecides break 2:1 agains the incumbent. So Kerry could be up by around 3.

Getting Clinton to stump for Kerry in Arkansas will work wonders.
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Adelante Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-03-04 03:48 PM
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13. Arkansas Dems are very motivated too this time
I hear the Jeff-Jack dinner Sturday night had an overflow crowd with my man Wesley as keynote speaker. :)
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Nashyra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-03-04 03:53 PM
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14. Clark for Vp
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democratreformed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-03-04 04:27 PM
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Oh, yeah - WE ARE MOTIVATED!
We are ready. You should hear some of the crap being spewed by the Repub challengers to our Senator and Representative. Some of it is just unbelievable.
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democratreformed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-03-04 04:31 PM
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18. I wanted to go so bad
BUT it was my anniversary and my hubby didn't think it was a great place to celebrate. BTW, Bill Richardson was supposed to be the keynote speaker. I would have loved to have seen him.
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Adelante Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-03-04 04:34 PM
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19. Hey, Demreformed
:hi:

Initially Wes was supposed to be someplace else, so he suggested Richardson, but then Wes's schedule changed and Kerry wanted him to do it - or maybe the other way around.
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democratreformed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-03-04 04:36 PM
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22. Hey, haven't seen you in a while
Edited on Mon May-03-04 04:37 PM by democratreformed
:hi:

I STILL don't know what happened to your white button. I've been keeping my eye out for another one.

Edit: I won't send the next one in the mail!
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yellowcanine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-03-04 04:27 PM
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15. I am getting tired of saying it but Rasmussen is unreliable
Live by it, die by it. He goes all over the place. It is an automated poll which means respondants essentially self-select. Better than an internet poll but not much.
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democratreformed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-03-04 04:28 PM
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16. SurveyUSA has Bush by 2%
Link http://2.004k.com/

VERY workable, IMO
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Thrill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-03-04 04:30 PM
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17. ARK should be democratic
It makes no sense. These are the places Edwards can help with his charm and sounthern twang
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democratreformed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-03-04 04:34 PM
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20. Looking at the info on that site I posted
I am ashamed to say that MY county went overwhelmingly for the dingbat in 2000. UGH! I completely agree. Arkansas SHOULD be Democrat. We plan on working on it HARD. BTW, most of our legislators ARE Democrats (only one Repub at the federal level).
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Adelante Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-03-04 04:35 PM
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21. Funny
;)
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