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CNN Poll: Boost for Bush??

Not that you'll see THAT headline very many places.

Here:

In the survey, taken Friday and Saturday, the Democratic ticket of Kerry and John Edwards trailed the Republican ticket of Bush and Dick Cheney 50% to 46% among likely voters, with independent candidate Ralph Nader at 2%.

Before the convention, the two were essentially tied, with Kerry at 47%, Bush at 46%.

The change in support was within the poll's margin of error of +/- 4 percentage points in the sample of 763 likely voters. But it was nonetheless a stunning result, the first time in the Gallup Poll since the 1972 Democratic convention that a candidate seemed to lose ground at his convention.


Interestingly, this is the first poll taken in its entirety since the convention finished.

The headline on this article? "No Boost For Kerry After Convention."

Headline on this Reuters article: "Post-Convention Polls Mixed on Kerry Bounce."

I can't find this story on CNN's home page.

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