National polls split, but Kerry makes headway in states
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National polls were split over who was leading the US presidential race, but Democrat John Kerry showed signs of making headway against President George W. Bush in the decisive state-by-state battle.
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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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US Senator John Kerry pulled even with President George W. Bush in election polls in Florida, partly helped by a surge in newly registered voters, according to a survey done for the South Florida Sun-Sentinel newspaper.
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The presidential candidates are hitting big battleground states again today. President Bush will be on his second bus trip in Florida in four days. He's expected to continue yesterday's theme that John Kerry's vacillation on the terror threat would endanger America and the world. John Kerry wraps up his visit to Florida then heads to Pennsylvania and Ohio. Those are three of the top electoral vote states that analysts say are still up for grabs. Kerry accuses President Bush of a lack of fiscal discipline by turning a surplus into a deficit.
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A state-by-state look at the results, as voters across the country make their presidential choices on Super Tuesday
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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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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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Different readings in the presidential race point, in part, to a volatile electorate.
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WASHINGTON, Oct 29  - President George W. Bush appeared to be making a move on Democratic turf in the country&#39;s heartland but his challenger John Kerry fought hard in other key swing states ahead of Tuesday&#39;s election, polls showed Friday.
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Initiatives in 11 states are dividing electorates and shaping the Bush-Kerry race.
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Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry, making a Labour Day tour of states where polls show the race against President George W. Bush virtually tied, told voters that
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In the wake of the disastrous Republican Convention and 10 points behind, John Kerry is beginning to shift the issues of his campaign.
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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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Democrat John Kerry takes his quest for votes to the western states of Nevada and Colorado that polls show could be up for grabs in the presidential contest, as incumbent rival George W. Bush stumps in three eastern battleground states.
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The US presidential election campaign is focusing on just a few states where the race is extremely close. The two major party candidates are spending most of their time now in these so-called battleground states.
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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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Republican Mitt Romney is conceding the bulk of the Northeast to rival John McCain, counting instead on his home state of Massachusetts, a split in California and wins in a series of caucus states to extend his presidential campaign beyond Super Tuesday.