BUSH 48, CLINTON 41
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Tuesday, September 2, 2003
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Rasmussen Reports has President Bush ahead of all likely Democratic challengers, with Sen. Hillary Clinton the strongest potential candidate. Not surprisingly, a “generic Democrat” outpolls all the actual candidates and is indeed tied with Bush 42-42.
The methodology looks sound, although the value of polling 14 months out–before the Democrats have had a chance to do much campaigning and before most voters are paying attention–is minimal.
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Still, exciting to watch.
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Yup.
And, it should be noted, the worthlessness cuts both ways–the Dems haven’t campaigned (and such campaign could make their numbers go both up and down) ditto Bush.
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True ’nuff. Although being president is its own form of advertising. Not always in a good way, of course.
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Some of us also question the value of including a non-candidate in the poll
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