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BUSH 48, CLINTON 41

· Tuesday, September 2, 2003 · 4 comments

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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James Joyner
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Comments

  1. JohnC says:
    Tuesday, 2 September 2003 at 20:46

    Still, exciting to watch.

  2. Steven says:
    Tuesday, 2 September 2003 at 21:16

    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.

  3. James Joyner says:
    Tuesday, 2 September 2003 at 21:18

    True ’nuff. Although being president is its own form of advertising. Not always in a good way, of course.

  4. Brian A. says:
    Wednesday, 3 September 2003 at 16:32

    Some of us also question the value of including a non-candidate in the poll

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