Reelection Honeymoon With Voters Eludes Bush, Polls Say
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Los Angeles Times - WASHINGTON &#8212; Despite a clear-cut reelection and the prospect of lasting GOP dominance in Congress, President Bush prepares to start his second term with the lowest approval ratings of any just-elected sitting president in half a century, according to new surveys.
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US President George W. Bush was just one point ahead of Democratic challenger John Kerry in a new poll, leaving both candidates locked in a statistical dead heat.
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TEMPE, Ariz. - The duel in the desert ended with clearer choices for Americans, but no clear political advantage for either President Bush or Sen. John Kerry 19 days before the election.
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Two national polls have shown the race between President George W Bush and Democrat John Kerry is deadlocked as Bush&#39;s convention bounce faded, although the president has made headway in key swing states.
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A new public opinion poll shows President Bush and Senator John Kerry tied at 49 percent among likely voters less than a month before election day.
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Voters are likely to blame the weak economy mostly on the Republicans, even though President Bush will not be on the ballot.
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Voters are so deadlocked on their choice for president that the campaigns will need to focus on keeping the intensity of support high and turning them out on Election Day, according to pollsters who conducted a bipartisan survey.
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WASHINGTON - Now it is gaps in his service records that are beginning to dog US President George W. Bush in the US election campaign.
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President George W. Bush&#39;s approval rating declined to 44 percent from 56 percent among undecided voters since the Republican National Convention, a poll by the University of Pennsylvania&#39;s Annenberg Public Policy Center found.
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President Bush is now in a  statistical dead heat with Democratic challenger Sen. John  Kerry for the Nov. 2 election, in a tightening of the race  after the first debate last week, a poll on Monday showed.
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Two national polls on Thursday showed the race between President Bush and Democrat John Kerry deadlocked again as Bush's convention bounce faded, although the president has made headway in key swing states.
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President Bush is entering his second term with the lowest approval ratings of any recent two-term president, even as he talks about an ambitious agenda of change, an Associated Press poll finds.
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Senator John Kerry faces substantial obstacles in his bid to unseat President Bush, with voters saying he has not laid out a case for why he wants to be president.
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WASHINGTON - In an election where most voters have already chosen sides, the presidency could be decided by a small slice of America in the mushy middle - wavering voters who are more likely than others to question President Bush's honesty and think the war in Iraq was a mistake.    An Associated Press study of 1,329 "persuadable" voters, conducted by Knowledge Networks in advance of the presidential debates, suggests these people are deeply conflicted about change in the White House...
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John Kerry faces obstacles in his bid to unseat President Bush, with voters saying he has not laid out a case for why he wants to be president.
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Democratic Sen. John Kerry pulled  into a statistical dead heat with President Bush in a seesawing  battle for the White House, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll  released Monday.
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ORLANDO - Heading into the final weekend before the election, US President George W. Bush and Democratic challenger John Kerry tried to drum up key electoral votes as polls continued to show the candidates in a close race.