In Close Race, Republicans Boost Bush in Rural U.S.
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Rural America, a strong supporter of President Bush in his first race, can propel him to a second term, farm-state Republicans said on Wednesday during a rally near the party's national convention.
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President Bush received a potential boost on Friday in his bid for re-election when a court ruled that independent candidate Ralph Nader, who experts believe helped Bush win four years ago, be placed on Florida's presidential ballot.
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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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The U.S. Republican Party is presenting a moderate image at its national convention but conservatives who dominate the party say they are happy to stay in the background, confident that President Bush will take care of their interests if he wins the election.
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TIFFIN, Ohio  - Squinting from a barber's chair,  Rod Berlekamp explains why President Bush has his vote locked  up for a second straight U.S. presidential election despite job  losses in this rural northwest Ohio town.
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Democrats, in their fight to win back control of the U.S. House of Representatives, have set their sights on a tight race in rural Georgia where a conservative one-term Republican is battling to hold a Democratic-leaning seat.
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Bob Elderkin's vote would appear to be a sure bet for President Bush on Nov. 2. He is a hunter, part of a conservative-leaning group of outdoorsmen that is 38 million strong and avidly supports gun rights.
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Security and family values are fertile issues in the farmlands of Pennsylvania, and ones that Republicans hope will swing this key state, and maybe the White House, for President George W. Bush.
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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 took heart Wednesday in Republican wins for House seats in Ohio and Virginia.
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Fred Thompsonâs style is playing well in rural South Carolina, where his poll numbers show a tease of life.
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Republicans adopted a platform Monday that rallies behind President Bush's agenda while edging the GOP's social principles further to the right.
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Congressional Republicans hitched their star to President Bush on Monday, using their time at the GOP convention to ask voters to ensure they stay in office to help bring about the president's second-term agenda.
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NEW YORK - Republicans at their national convention portrayed President Bush as a strong wartime leader, adopting a platform endorsing his agenda and putting his and Vice President Dick Cheney's names in nomination for a second term.   "We will leave here with momentum that will carry us to victory in November," Republican National Committee Chairman Ed Gillespie said to a roar of approval as the convention got under way in Madison Square Garden...
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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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IowaÃ¢ÂÂs 3rd District merges Des Moines, the stateÃ¢ÂÂs capital and population center, with rural territory to the east. The result is one of the most even partisan splits among the nationÃ¢ÂÂs House districts: President Bush outran Democratic challenger John Kerry there in 2004 by a margin of one-tenth of 1 percentage point.
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Washington -- President Bush leads Democrat John Kerry, 52 percent to 41 percent, while independent Ralph Nader got 3 percent in a national poll taken during the Republican National Convention, which ended Thursday.