Bush Making Gains in Battleground States
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WASHINGTON - President Bush has been solidifying his gains in states that once were dead heats, forcing both parties' campaigns to alter strategies as the electoral battleground shrinks. Democrat John Kerry is struggling to stay afloat in some hotly contested states, including Missouri, Wisconsin and Ohio, where polls show Bush pulling ahead...
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US President George W. Bush gained momentum in Florida and appears to have a slight lead over Democrat John Kerry, according to a poll out which nonetheless suggests the race is too close to call.
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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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The campaigns of Republican President Bush and Democrat John Kerry both claimed momentum on Friday amid a mix of polls offering a less-than-clear picture of the U.S. presidential race.
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Record numbers of voters cast ballots this year, attracted by a clash of opposites won by President Bush because his Republican campaign made enough smart moves in critical states
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President Bush hopscotched through Florida yesterday in a campaign swing that rallied nearly 100,000 partisans as he accused Sen. John Kerry of &quot;election amnesia&quot; regarding the Iraq war.
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DES MOINES -- With the final tally from Iowa, President George W. Bush has carried all three of the states still up in the air on election night.
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President Bush defeated John Kerry in Florida on Tuesday, staking a claim to the nation's top battleground state four years after it was the epicenter of a turbulent postelection drama.
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WASHINGTON - The presidential candidates are hitting big battleground states again today. President Bush will be on his second bus trip in Florida in four days...
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US President George W. Bush sought to energize his Republican faithful in four of the party's Florida strongholds with a potent cocktail of attacks on Democratic rival John Kerry.
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President Bush added another stroke of Republican red to the electoral map by winning Iowa on Friday, underscoring the GOP's gains as well as the political problems that loom for Democrats in a shifting Midwest.
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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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President Bush (website - news - bio) got a convention bounce even in heavily Democratic New York but still trailed rival John Kerry (website - news - bio) , two statewide presidential polls said Wednesday.
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President George W. Bush and Democratic Sen. John Kerry were neck and neck in six major battleground states, a weekend CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll found.
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President Bush has surged to a  13-point lead over Democratic challenger John Kerry among  likely voters, according to a new Gallup Poll released on  Friday.
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President Bush campaigned Thursday in Maine, looking to pick up support in a state that divvies up its electoral votes and where even a partial victory on Nov. 2 could tip a close election his way.
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As President Bush stumped through the 2000 battleground state of Florida, Senator John Kerry sought to expand turnout among the growing Hispanic population in the Southwest.