(CPOD) Mar. 15, 2004 – George W. Bush hold a slim advantage over Massachusetts senator John Kerry in the 2004 U.S. presidential election, according to a poll by NBC News and the Wall Street Journal. 47 per cent of respondents would vote for the current president, while 45 per cent would back the prospective Democratic nominee.
(CPOD) Mar. 15, 2004 – George W. Bush hold a slim advantage over Massachusetts senator John Kerry in the 2004 U.S. presidential election, according to a poll by NBC News and the Wall Street Journal. 47 per cent of respondents would vote for the current president, while 45 per cent would back the prospective Democratic nominee.
Bush’s re-election campaign unofficially began on Mar. 4, with television advertisements placed in 16 states. Two spots include specific references to the 9/11 terrorist attacks; one shows the ruins of the World Trade Center, and another portrays firefighters removing the remains of a victim from Ground Zero.
Some family members of 9/11 victims have voiced their displeasure at the commercials. The U.S.-based International Association of Fire Fighters, which endorsed Kerry as their presidential nominee, denounced the ads as “hypocritical.”
Kerry’s campaign ads began to air this past weekend in the United States. The first spot accuses the president of “misleading America” and rebuts the claim that the Massachusetts senator proposed a $900 billion U.S. tax increase.
Polling Data
What candidate would you support in the 2004 U.S. presidential election?
George W. Bush (R) | 47% |
John Kerry (D) | 45% |
Source: NBC News / The Wall Street Journal
Methodology: Interviews to 1,018 American adults, conducted from Mar. 6 to Mar. 8, 2004. Margin of error is 3.1 per cent.
