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Bush, Kerry Remain Close In West Virginia

September 21, 2004

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

(CPOD) Sept. 21, 2004 - The state of West Virginia remains too close to call in the 2004 United States presidential election, according to the MSNBC/Knight Ridder poll conducted by Mason-Dixon Polling & Research Inc. 45 per cent of respondents would vote for Republican incumbents George W. Bush and Dick Cheney, while 44 per cent would support the Democratic ticket of John Kerry and John Edwards.

Eleven per cent of respondents are undecided. The election is scheduled for Nov. 2.

Bush carried the state's five electoral votes in 2000 with 51.9 per cent of all cast ballots. Democratic candidates have carried West Virginia in eight of the last 11 presidential elections.

Polling Data

If the 2004 presidential election were held today, would you vote for:

George W. Bush / Dick Cheney (R)

45%

John Kerry / John Edwards (D)

44%

Undecided

11%

Source: Mason-Dixon Polling & Research Inc. / MSNBC / Knight Ridder
Methodology: Telephone interviews to 625 likely West Virginia voters, conducted on Sept. 13 and Sept. 14, 2004. Margin of error is 4 per cent.

Other poll highlights: Candidate name recognition, Bush's approval rating at 48 per cent, views on same-sex marriage, economy, Iraq, terrorism and discussions about Vietnam War.


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