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Bush, Kerry Running Close In New Mexico

An Albuquerque Journal poll conducted by Research & Polling Aug. 27-Sept. 1, 2004 had Bush at 45 percent, Kerry at 42 percent, 10 percent undecided/wouldn’t say, Nader 1 percent, Badnarik 1 percent, Cobb 1 percent.

6 comments on “Bush, Kerry Running Close In New Mexico

  1. anni on

    I live in ABQ. The Journal is a Republican rag. Has been for years. Progressives in this state take anything the Journal says with a grain of salt. The editor of the Journal is a very conservative Southern Baptist.

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  2. gabby hayes on

    Thanks.
    I only rely on the best pollsters, like Rasmussen and Zogby. Z is straight up, and Ras leans right, but he leans, and he’s not unreasonable or excessive in his lean. I judge a pollster by how reliable they are once you calibrate for their bias.
    If they are all over the place, they are not good for anything. As Z said yesterday “any time a poll changes 10 points in a week, you should check your data.”
    Some out there now are street whores at escort prices, and like their analogous pimps, they gots to get paid, yo.

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  3. Woody on

    The Albuquerque Journal is part of a
    joint operating agreement with the
    Scripps-Howard paper, the Tribune.
    It was locally owned, but after a quick
    tour via Yahoo I couldn’t determine
    the present status.

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  4. gabby hayes on

    Given the reach of Richard Scaife, Rupert Murdoch, and Rev. Moon in American media, particularly second and third string newspapers, I never trust a newspaper until I know who owns it.

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  5. accommodatingly on

    I believe it’s the paper of record for New Mexico. I don’t know what editorial positions it normally takes. I noticed that Bush has hit 32% among Latinos, if only 24% among Dems, and that Repubs in NM normally need over 25% Dems and over 25% Latinos to win. Are Simon Rosenberg, NDN, and the Unidos por Kerry/Edwards team on it? Should we expect to retake the lead any day here?

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  6. Gabby Hayes on

    Anyone know who owns the paper, or who owns the polling company, or what connections either have to either party or candidate?

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