2004 Presidential Election
MyDD: "Zogby has declared that four new states--Arizona, Colorado, North Carolina and Virginia--are now swing states and will be included in future Zogby Interactive Battleground polls."
Here's the Zogby announcement. You can subscribe to the polling data there. Here's the link to the Wall Street Journal/Zogby Battleground States map (last updated August 2nd).
This Survey USA poll confirms Zogby's contention that Colorado is a swing state this November. As I reported yesterday John Kerry and George Bush are tied at 47% in Colorado.
Electoral-vote.com: "We have six and half new polls to report today. The most important one is in Colorado, where Kerry and Bush are now tied at 47% each according to the latest Survey USA poll. Yesterday's lead story was about the Colorado referendum (ed. Amendment 36), how the Democrats want to split the state's votes in the electoral college so Bush won't get all of them. It will be interesting to see what happens now that they are tied. Suppose Kerry takes the lead there. Will the Democrats suddenly oppose te referendum to avoid giving Bush any electoral votes? Will the Republicans suddenly support it? It could get pretty complicated if the lead switches back and forth. Stay tuned for all the excitement (if constitutional amendments in Colorado turn you on, at least)."
Email from the votemeister informs me that he's purchased and deployed a new server for the election and all the traffic that he's getting. What a guy. He needed to upgrade his hardware since Dave Winer, Matthew Gross, and today, Josh Marshall, are all linking to him.
Update: Senator John Kerry leads President Bush, 52% to 42%, in Ohio, according to the Daily Kos. Here's a link to a story about a recent Gallup poll from CNN.
Update: Andrew Olmstead: "I'll be glad when the election is over for one simple reason: it's become next to impossible to find a lefty blogger who isn't desperately partisan. I expect that from Hesiod and Atrios, but I had come to expect a little better from people like Kevin Drum. More fool me." Thanks to Walter In Denver for the link.
Update: Gallup: "Among all registered voters nationwide, the most recent three polls show Kerry with an average one-point lead over Bush -- 48% to 47%. Kerry's average lead among the three polls before that (in June and early July) was six points, 50% to 44%." Thanks to Blogs for Bush for the link.
Update: C-Span has linked to a video of a debate between John O'Neill and John Kerry from 1972. Thanks to the Daily Kos for the link. The film clip reminded me of the divisiveness and bitterness of those times.
O'Neill has the author of Unfit for Command.
Update: Daily Kos: "Pennsylvania - Quinnipiac University, 8/11-16, MoE 2.6%, Kerry 48, Bush 43."
Update: Taegan Goddard: "Here are the latest state polls from the presidential race: Pennsylvania - Kerry 48%, Bush 43% (Quinnipiac); Michigan - Kerry 48%, Bush 42% (Strategic Vision); Wisconsin - Kerry 47%, Bush 46% (Strategic Vision); Georgia - Bush 54%, Kerry 40% (Strategic Vision); Oklahoma - Bush 56%, Kerrry 36% (NRSC); New Mexico - Kerry 46%, Bush 46% (Rasmussen)."
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