Kerry Opens Three-Point Lead on Bush
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Democratic challenger John Kerry  expanded his slight lead over President Bush to three points in  a tight race for the White House, according to a Reuters/Zogby  poll released on Monday.
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John F. Kerry comes to the first of three presidential debates under pressure to rise to the moment. Over the past week, nearly a dozen national polls have been released.  When taken together, they suggest that President Bush is leading by five to six percentage points.
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WASHINGTON - President Bush appears to be opening a lead over Sen. John Kerry with just over two weeks left before Election Day. The liberal label seems to be hurting Kerry.
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Three new opinion polls released Sunday showed US presidential election rivals George W. Bush and John Kerry still struggling to establish a decisive lead.
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BOARDMAN, Ohio  - For Democratic challenger John  Kerry, the presidential race has come down to three words --  focus, focus, focus. Even a hunting trip on Thursday was more  about votes than geese.
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Democratic White House hopeful John Kerry trailed behind US President George W. Bush in the latest polls, raising the stakes for their first debate two days before that face-to-face confrontation.
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In a seesaw campaign, President Bush has opened a lead over John Kerry in their drive to White House victory by making gains in the Midwest and solidifying his Southern base.
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President Bush edged into a one-point national lead on Democratic Sen. John Kerry, and the White House rivals were deadlocked in the key state
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ST. LOUIS  - Democratic challenger John Kerry  moved into a slight one-point lead over President Bush in a  tight White House race, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll  released on Saturday.
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President Bush's lead over Democratic challenger Sen. John Kerry has narrowed since their debate with four polls released on Monday showing the race tied or slightly favoring the incumbent.
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President Bush holds a slim  three-point lead over Democratic rival John Kerry one week  before the Nov. 2 presidential election, according to a  Reuters/Zogby poll released on Tuesday.
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Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry moved into a tie with President George W. Bush in the latest Reuters/Zogby tracking poll of likely voters.
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President Bush led Democratic nominee John Kerry by 6 percentage points in a TIME Magazine poll released on Friday, compared with an 11-point lead in a similar poll two weeks ago.
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President Bush has gained on his Democratic challenger, Sen. John Kerry, in a race in Florida that is still too close to call before the presidential election in November, a poll showed on Monday.
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President Bush held a three-point  lead over Democratic rival John Kerry nationwide and slightly  strengthened his leads in the vital states of Ohio and Florida,  according to Reuters/Zogby polls released on Tuesday.
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Three US opinion surveys show President George W. Bush pulling slightly ahead of John Kerry, his Democratic contender in the November 2 election, but by a small enough margin that both men are still locked in a statistical dead heat.
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Sen. John Kerry holds a slim lead over President Bush, according to an Associated Press poll that shows the Democrat gaining ground while Bush lost support on personal qualities, the war in Iraq and national security.