Poll: Kerry Lags Bush on National Security
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WASHINGTON - President Bush has a slight lead over Democrat John Kerry in an Associated Press poll, but the president has a big advantage on protecting the country - the issue voters say they care about most.   "If we don't take care of the terrorists, we certainly won't have to worry about the economy," said Janet Cross, 57, of Portsmouth, Ohio, who switched from Democrat to Republican for the last election...
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WASHINGTON Sept. 11, 2004 - President Bush has a slight lead over Democrat John Kerry in an Associated Press poll, but the president has a big advantage on protecting the country the issue voters say they care about most.
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President Bush and Democratic Sen. John Kerry stepped up a fierce campaign fight over U.S. security on Friday, with Kerry accusing Bush of irresponsible leadership for taking "his eye off the ball" in the war on terror by invading Iraq.
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Poll results released on Monday were divided on who leads the U.S. presidential race, as two gave a slight edge to Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry and one showed a slim margin of voters favoring President Bush.
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Many voters are dissatisfied with President Bush's job performance but uneasy about Democrat John Kerry's ability to protect the nation, according to an Associated Press poll that found the two presidential candidates locked in a tie.
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NEW YORK Less than seven weeks before Election Day, Senator John Kerry faces strong obstacles in his bid to unseat President George W. Bush, with many voters saying that they are troubled by attacks on Kerry&#39;s Vietnam war record and that he has not laid
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Democratic Sen. John Kerry moved  into a dead heat with President Bush four days before a  cliffhanger White House election, according to a Reuters/Zogby  poll released on Friday.
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TEMPE, Ariz.  - President Bush moved into a slim  one-point lead over Democratic Sen. John Kerry in a tight White  House race, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll released on  Thursday.
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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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Democrat John Kerry is putting the pressure on President Bush on his strongest issue, national defense, but the incumbent retains an advantage there, an Associated Press poll found.
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CORAL GABLES, Fla. - Sen. John Kerry, lagging in the polls, took the offensive Thursday against President Bush over foreign policy and the war on terror, accusing Bush of &quot;a colossal error of judgment&quot; in
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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, winning strong support for his handling of the war on terrorism, has taken a double-digit lead over Democratic challenger John Kerry, according to a Time poll released on Friday.
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President George W. Bush said Friday the presidential race boils down to who can keep American homes safer from terrorists and contended Democrat John Kerry was not up to the task.
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Democratic challenger John Kerry  held on to a slim one-point lead over President Bush after  Friday's second debate between the White House rivals,  according to a Reuters/Zogby poll released on Sunday.
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Aug. 19 (Bloomberg) -- President George W. Bush and Democratic challenger John Kerry are statistically tied in a poll of voters nationwide conducted by CBS News.
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WASHINGTON - 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...