Kerry Opens Leads in Several Key States
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Sen. John Kerry has opened narrow leads in Florida, Michigan, New Hampshire and a handful of other battleground state polls since accepting the Democratic nomination, increasing pressure on President Bush to regain lost ground at the Republican National Convention.
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President Bush narrowly leads Sen. John Kerry in electoral vote-rich Florida, a new USA TODAY/CNN/Gallup Poll finds. Those results give Bush a lead in eight of 11 battleground states surveyed this month.
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Democratic Sen. John Kerry moved into a one-point lead over President Bush three days before the presidential election, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll released on Saturday.
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Democrat John Kerry has taken a slight lead over President Bush in Florida &#151; the essential swing state in the 2000 election, according to a poll out Thursday.
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Eager to field stumping presidential candidates, nine states are jockeying for front-of-the-pack dates.
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Leading presidential contenders took to the hustings and the airwaves today in the key states of tomorrow's Super Tuesday primaries and caucuses, a round of contests that offers the biggest one-day haul of delegates en route to the Republican and Democratic nominations.
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Chart how the main Republican and Democrat contenders are faring in the polls ahead of the first key primary.
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President Bush and Democratic Sen. John Kerry began a 19-day sprint to the Nov. 2 election on Thursday in the swing state of Nevada, where the White House rivals renewed their fight over who offered the best leadership for the middle class.
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Political web sites gave Senator John Kerry an early lead over President George W. Bush in key states in the presidential race, jumping the gun on the US networks by citing what they said were pirated early exit polls.
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Initiatives in 11 states are dividing electorates and shaping the Bush-Kerry race.
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President Bush and Democratic challenger Sen. John Kerry headed for key swing states on Friday after a combative Florida debate brought the Iraq war into the campaign spotlight.
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US presidential rivals George W Bush and John Kerry reach out to voters in states set to be crucial in the poll.
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Kerry got a boost. Now, a range of analysts consider what might break the deadlock.
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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry , of Massachusetts, speaks to supporters at a rally Sunday night, Oct. 31, 2004, in Tampa, Fla.
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WASHINGTON - Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry, trying to recover from a brass-knuckles campaign against his character, is attempting to steer the election to a referendum on President Bush's leadership.    Kerry has less than seven weeks to take over the lead in the presidential race...
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John Kerry has reclaimed a healthy lead in Democratic-leaning New Jersey, where he holds a double-digit lead over President Bush, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday.
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US presidential candidates George W Bush and John Kerry tour states seen as important to win November's poll.