Bush Emerges From Debates With a Slim Lead Over Kerry, Poll Shows
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President Bush has emerged from the presidential debates holding a slender lead over Democratic nominee John F. Kerry, and despite the challenger&#39;s strong performances, the nationally
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President George W. Bush heads into the first presidential campaign debate with an eight- percentage-point lead over his Democratic rival John Kerry among likely voters, a poll released Monday showed.
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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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President Bush holds an 8-point lead over Democratic challenger Sen. John Kerry among registered voters in a new CBS poll, but one in four voters says next week's debate could be decisive.
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Democratic challenger John Kerry heads into tomorrow&#39;s first presidential debate trailing Republican President George W. Bush by six to eight points in most opinion polls.
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President Bush maintained a slim  two-point lead on Democratic rival John Kerry for the third  consecutive day in a tight race for the White House, according  to a Reuters/Zogby poll released on Sunday.
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President Bush held on to a slim  lead in an ABC News poll released on Sunday, getting 50 percent  of the vote against 46 percent of likely voters who supported  his opponent, Sen. John Kerry.
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The campaigns of Republican  President Bush and Democrat John Kerry both claimed momentum on  Friday amid a mix of polls offering a less-than-clear picture  of the U.S. presidential race.
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Because John Kerry is the challenger and lags President Bush in most national polls, he seems to have the most to gain from a strong performance in the upcoming fall debates.
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President Bush holds a slim  two-point lead on Democratic rival John Kerry in the stretch  run of a tight race for the White House, according to a  Reuters/Zogby poll released on Friday.
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President Bush holds a slim two-point lead over Democratic rival John Kerry for the second consecutive day in a tight race for the White House, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll released on Saturday.
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President Bush has a small lead over Sen. John Kerry six weeks before the presidential election, but voters favor the Democratic candidate on jobs and unemployment, a new poll showed on Thursday.
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Democrat John Kerry has narrowed President George W. Bush's lead in their White House race less than six weeks before the November 2 election, a new poll showed.
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The campaigns of Republican President Bush and Democrat John Kerry both claimed momentum on Friday amid a mix of polls offering a less-than-clear picture of the U.S. presidential race.
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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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In a rather surprising turn of fortune, latest opinion polls show President Bush has gained a significant lead over John Kerry despite a majority thinking the Democratic challenger won the third and final debate.
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President Bush climbed to an eight-point lead over Democratic challenger John Kerry in a USAToday/CNN/Gallup poll released on Sunday, the same advantage he held before the three presidential debates.