Angus Reid Global Monitor : Polls & Research

North Dakota Backs Bush Over Kerry

September 20, 2004

Credit:Mario Fabretto (FOTW Flags Of The World website at flagspot.net)

Abstract: (CPOD) Sept. 20, 2004 - George W. Bush would carry the state of North Dakota in the 2004 United States presidential election, according to a poll by American Research Group. 62 per cent of respondents would vote for the Republican incumbent, while 33 per cent would support Democratic nominee John Kerry.

(CPOD) Sept. 20, 2004 - George W. Bush would carry the state of North Dakota in the 2004 United States presidential election, according to a poll by American Research Group. 62 per cent of respondents would vote for the Republican incumbent, while 33 per cent would support Democratic nominee John Kerry.

One per cent of respondents would vote for independent candidate Ralph Nader and four per cent are undecided. The election is scheduled for Nov. 2.

Bush won North Dakota's three electoral votes in 2000, with 60.1 per cent of all cast ballots. No Democrat has carried the state since Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964.

Polling Data

What candidate would you support in the 2004 U.S. presidential election?

George W. Bush (R)

62%

John Kerry (D)

33%

Ralph Nader (I)

1%

Undecided

4%

Source: American Research Group
Methodology: Interviews to 600 likely North Dakota voters, conducted from Sept. 7 to Sept. 10, 2004. Margin of error is 4 per cent.