>>>Considering the lead he had, a numerical tie wouldn't be my idea of good news if I were a Bush supporter. But the focus of these polls is the popular vote, which as we know doesn't really matter:
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http://www.electoral-vote.com/>>
>>Well, did Kerry EVER have a lead? I'd rather have a lead in the polls than not.
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>If you had checked out that link, you would have seen that he does in the Electoral College:
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>Kerry 283
>Bush 246
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>But it's still too close to call.
Hmm, the electoral college vote tab is based on polling so I would think a composite look at that would probably be more accurate. Here's just such a link which shows Bush with 232 and Kerry with 190 -
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/Presidential_04/RCP_EC.html
John Harvey
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