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Half of US voters want Bush out; put Bush and Clark in dead heat: poll
NEW YORK (AFP) -
A rising number of US voters would replace US President George W. Bush
in the 2004 elections, a new poll said, while Bush is in a statistical
dead heat with Democratic hopeful Wesley Clark.
Fifty percent of voters would replace Bush, according to the Newsweek
poll, up three percentage points from 47 percent in a similar poll
conducted September 25-26.
Clark was preferred by 44 percent of registered voters and Bush by 47
percent -- a dead heat in a poll with a three-percentage-point margin
of error.
Clark topped the list of Democratic challengers, followed by Joseph
Lieberman with 13 percent support, Kerry with 11 percent, Dean with 10
percent and Gephardt with eight percent.
Bush's weak spot, the economy, was a priority for 44 percent of those
polled.
The president's strong suit, national security, was more important for
16 percent of respondents.
Forty-nine percent disapproved of Bush's handling of Iraq, the highest
percentage so far on a Newsweek poll, while 44 percent approved.
Princeton Research Associates conducted the poll among some 1,004
adults on October 9 and 10.
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Better do sumthin', Karl, yer boy's melting.
Harry
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