October 4 ?CBS News poll ?Bush 47 per cent, Kerry 47 per cent. The poll showed Kerry eliminated a nine-point lead Bush held in a similar survey conducted in the week before (likely voters, margin of error plus or minus four percentage points).
?October 4 ?ABC News/Washington Post poll ?47 per cent expressed a favourable opinion of Kerry, up eight points from before the debate, compared to 53 per cent for Bush (likely voters, margin of error of plus or minus three percentage points).
?October 4 ?Pew Research poll ?Bush 48 per cent, Kerry 41 per cent, Nader 2 per cent among registered voters. A similar poll from September 22 to September 26 showed Bush at 48 per cent and Kerry at 40 per cent. Among likely voters, Bush’s lead narrowed to 5 per cent with 49 per cent supporting the president and 44 per cent backing Kerry (margin of error plus or minus 3.5 percentage points for registered voters, plus or minus four percentage points for likely voters).
?October 4 ?Zogby poll ?Bush 46 per cent, Kerry 45 per cent. Bush’s lead was down slightly from two weeks earlier when he was ahead by 3 points, 47 per cent to 44 per cent (likely voters, margin of error plus or minus 3.1 percentage points).
?October 4 ?USA Today/CNN/Gallup poll ?Bush 49 per cent, Kerry 49 per cent, Nader 1 per cent. Bush had an eight-point lead over Kerry in a Sept. 26 poll (likely voters, margin of error plus or minus four percentage points).
?October 2 ?Newsweek poll ?Kerry/Edwards 49 per cent, Bush/Cheney 46 per cent (registered voters, margin of error plus or minus four percentage points).
?October 1 ?ABC News poll after the first debate ?45 per cent of a sample of registered voters thought Kerry won, compared with 36 per cent for Bush and 17 per cent who called it a tie. Voter support for each candidate rose one percentage point after the debate: Bush’s support went to 51 per cent, Kerry’s to 47. The poll had an error margin of 4.5 percentage points.
?October 1 ?CBS News poll of uncommitted voters ?43 per cent thought Kerry came out of the debate ahead while 28 per cent said Bush was the winner. Kerry’s support among uncommitted voters rose after the debate to 38 per cent from 28 per cent and Bush’s support rose to 31 per cent from 19 per cent. The poll had a margin of error of 7 percentage points.
(Agencies via Xinhua)
