Kerry flatline, looks bad for the dems

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,127807,00.html

Dems Fail to Register Post-Convention Bounce
Monday, August 02, 2004



John Kerry (search) either gained a slight bump in his standing with voters or didn't move at all following the Democratic National Convention (search), according to polls taken after he accepted the party's nomination for president.

A Newsweek poll taken Thursday and Friday gave Kerry and running mate John Edwards (search) a narrow lead, 49 percent to 42 percent for President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney (search) and 3 percent for independent Ralph Nader and Peter Camejo. Kerry-Edwards and Bush-Cheney were essentially tied in a Newsweek poll in early July ?- 47 percent taken after Kerry's Thursday night speech showed little or no movement for the Democrat.

?- A USA Today-Gallup poll released Sunday found Bush and Cheney slightly ahead among likely voters in a three-way matchup, 50 percent to 46 percent for Kerry-Edwards and 2 percent for Nader-Camejo. The two major tickets were tied among registered voters in a three-way race.

?- A CBS News poll released Monday found the Democratic ticket slightly ahead of Bush-Cheney, 48 percent to 43 percent with Nader at 3 percent. The three-way race in early July was tied with Kerry-Edwards at 45 percent, Bush-Cheney at 43 percent and Nader-Camejo at 5 percent.