Poll: Bush post-convention New York bounce disappears

[Khephra]

ALBANY, N.Y. -- President Bush's post-Republican National Convention bounce in New York has dissipated and Democrat John Kerry once again has a comfortable double-digit lead in the state, an independent poll reported Thursday.

The statewide poll, from Marist College's Institute for Public Opinion, had Kerry leading Bush, 56 percent to 38 percent, among likely voters with Ralph Nader at 1 percent.

A Marist poll release in mid-September in wake of the GOP convention that was held in New York City for the first time ever had Kerry's lead over Bush sinking into the single digits, 48 percent to 40 percent. A separate statewide poll released the same day by the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute had shown Kerry leading Bush, 47 percent to 41 percent.

Until the post-convention surveys, independent polls in the state had steadily shown Kerry with double-digit leads over Bush in New York state, where there are 5 million Democrats and 3 million Republicans. No Republican candidate for president has carried New York since Ronald Reagan in 1980 and 1984.

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/ny-bc-ny--newyorkpoll1028oct28,0,3843874.story?coll=ny-ap-regional-wire

[demokatgurrl]

1. uhh.... already? n /t

[hatrack]

2. "News"day? What's the "News" here?

I mean, the convention was, oh, two months or so back, and Bush was already reviled in NYC and in most of the state, so what exactly was the point of this non-story? :eyes:

[jobycom]

3. Newsday is a New York site-- it's news there. nt.

[Ivote]

4. Check It Out For Yourself

www.newsday.com
:kick:

[jobycom]

5. OMG, that must HURT!

The Boston Red Sox as champions on a Newsday front page? Wow!

It's a very good sight. I used to use it as my home page for their AP coverage, then I got mad at some story or editorial they ran that I didn't like.