2004 Presidential Election
Colorado is a stop for President Bush, Vice President Cheney and Senator Kerry over the next few days, according to the Rocky Mountain News [October 22, 2004, "Kerry, Cheney, Bush returning"].
Ariana Huffington: "The good news is that all indications point to a radical turnaround in young voter turnout in the coming election - a turnaround fueled by a force more powerful than all the electoral hurdles placed in young people's way. Namely, George W. Bush. He has sparked a youthful uprising unseen since Robert Kennedy's tragically shortened run for president. Kennedy's 1968 campaign brought together a powerful coalition of progressive young white voters and disaffected young black voters, united in support of his twin platform of fighting poverty and ending the war in Vietnam. Bush's immoral war in Iraq and poverty-spreading domestic policies have brought those same groups together in an effort to topple him."
Electoral-vote.com: "The seesaw keeps going up and down. Yesterday, Bush was ahead in Ohio and behind in Florida. Today he is behind in Ohio and ahead in Florida. A new Quinnipiac Univ. poll in Florida puts Bush a whisker ahead there, 45% to 43% among registered voters and 48% to 47% among Quinnipiac's idea of likely voters, both well within the margin of error. A new Gallup poll in Ohio puts Kerry ahead there, 50% to 44 among registered voters, but only ahead 48% to 47% among those people Gallup considers likely voters. Given that the presidency is likely to be determined by a few thousand Florida and Ohio voters, it is somehow hard to imagine that vast numbers of registered voters in those two states are going to sit this one out though. The electoral college is now tied at 264 votes each, with Minnesota being an exact tie. It is going to be a real squeaker. Every vote is going to count in a large number of states this time."
Update: Taegan Goddard: "A new Knight Ridder/MSNBC poll showed 'Kerry has not locked up the swing states that voted Democratic four years ago. In fact, the poll shows that three presidential debates, millions of dollars in campaign advertising and numerous visits from the candidates have changed few minds in those states in the last month.' Here are some notable state polls: Ohio: Kerry 50, Bush 44 (Gallup); Michigan - Kerry 51, Bush 44 (Survey USA); Michigan - Kerry 47, Bush 46 (Mason-Dixon); Iowa - Bush 49, Kerry 43 (Mason-Dixon)."
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