Kerry tied with Bush in Houston

[Tarheelhombre]

http://www.click2houston.com/politics/3674834/detail.html

HOUSTON -- If the presidential election were held today, President George W. Bush would, not surprisingly, soundly take his home state of Texas, Local 2 reported Monday.

But Harris County voters are in a statistical dead heat, according to an exclusive Local 2 Flashpoll conducted by SurveyUSA.

The poll asked 1,000 people across Texas, "If the election for president of the United States were today and you were standing in the voting booth right now, who would you vote for? The choices were Republican President George W. Bush, Democratic Sen. John Kerry or another candidate.

In Harris County, 50 percent said they would vote for President George W. Bush, while 47 percent said they would vote for Sen. John Kerry. With a margin of error of 3.7 percent, the results make Harris County a statistical tie, according to pollsters.

[hadrons]

1. good to hear ....

I have a friend who's moving there (job related) and at least she'll know half the people there are sane ... fat*, but sane

* she went there house hunting earlier this year and couldn't believe the size of the people there

[lebkuchen]

2. Those grandfathered clauses on Houston's factories haven't helped Bush

I pity the asthma sufferers in particular. It's got to be tough living with such poor air quality.