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South Dakota: Election 2004 (President)

Election Matchup
Candidate Favorability Ratings
Candidate Issue Handling

Election Matchup

George W. Bush (R) vs. John Kerry (D)

Poll	Date	Bush	Kerry	Other	No opinion	Sample	MoE
Rasmussen	October 25, 2004	54%	42%	4%		500 LV	± 4.5
KELO-TV / Argus Leader	October 19-21, 2004	55%	36%	9%		800 LV	± 3.5
Rasmussen	October 12, 2004	52%	42%	6%		500 LV	± 4.5
Rasmussen	September 27, 2004	52%	40%	8%		500 LV	± 4.5
Rasmussen	September 8, 2004	54%	41%	5%		500 LV	± 4.5
Zogby¹	May 19-20, 2004	50%	35%	2%	13%	503 LV	± 4.5
KELO-TV / Argus Leader	February 5-7, 2004	50%	39%	11%		800 LV	± 3.5

1 "If the election for President of the United States were held today, and the candidates were Republican George W. Bush and Democrat John Kerry, for whom would you vote?"

George W. Bush (R) vs. John Kerry (D) vs. Nader (I)

Poll	Date	Bush	Kerry	Nader	Other	No opinion	Sample	MoE
Zogby²	May 19-20, 2004	48%	34%	6%	1%	11%	503 LV	± 4.5
KELO-TV / Argus Leader¹	May 10-12, 2004	51%	35%	4%	10%		800 LV	± 3.5

1 "If the 2004 presidential election were held today, for whom would you vote if the candidates were George W. Bush, the Republican, John Kerry, the Democrat, and Ralph Nader, an independent?"

2 "If the election for President of the United States were held today, and the candidates were Republican George W. Bush, Democrat John Kerry, and independent Ralph Nader, for whom would you vote?"

George W. Bush (R) vs. John Edwards (D)

Poll	Date	Bush	Edwards	No opinion	Sample	MoE
KELO-TV / Argus Leader	February 5-7, 2004	54%	33%	13%	800 LV	± 3.5

George W. Bush (R) vs. Howard Dean (D)

Poll	Date	Bush	Edwards	No opinion	Sample	MoE
KELO-TV / Argus Leader	February 5-7, 2004	58%	28%	14%	800 LV	± 3.5

George W. Bush (R) vs. Tom Daschle (D)

Poll	Date	Bush	Daschle	No opinion	Sample	MoE
Fox News	July 9-10, 2002	56%	38%	6%	400 LV	± 5.0

George W. Bush (R) vs. Generic Democrat

Poll	Date	Reelect Bush	Consider Democrat	Replace Bush	No opinion	Sample	MoE
KELO-TV / Argus Leader¹	August 26-27, 2003	49%	22%	26%	3%	400 RV	± 4.9

1 "If the 2004 presidential election were held today, would you vote to reelect Republican George Bush, would you consider voting for a Democratic challenger, or would you definitely vote to replace Bush with a Democrat?"

Candidate Favorability Ratings

George W. Bush Favorability Rating

Poll	Date	Favorable	Unfavorable	No opinion	Sample	MoE
Rasmussen¹	October 25, 2004	58%	41%	1%	500 LV	± 4.5
Rasmussen¹	October 12, 2004	55%	44%	1%	500 LV	± 4.5
Rasmussen¹	September 27, 2004	58%	39%	3%	500 LV	± 4.5
Rasmussen¹	September 8, 2004	58%	41%	1%	500 LV	± 4.5

1 "Do you have a favorable or an unfavorable impression of George W. Bush?"

George W. Bush Favorability Rating

Poll	Date	Favorable	Unfavorable	Neutral	No opinion	Sample	MoE
KELO-TV / Argus Leader¹	October 19-21, 2004	53%	31%	16%	0%	800 LV	± 3.5
KELO-TV / Argus Leader¹	September 20-22, 2004	51%	33%	16%	0%	800 LV	± 3.5
KELO-TV / Argus Leader¹	May 10-12, 2004	49%	32%	19%	0%	800 LV	± 3.5
KELO-TV / Argus Leader¹	February 5-7, 2004	47%	33%	20%	0%	800 LV	± 3.5
KELO-TV / Argus Leader¹	October 30- November 2, 2003	54%	27%	19%	0%	400 RV	± 5.0
KELO-TV / Argus Leader¹	August 26-27, 2003	58%	25%	17%	0%	400 RV	± 5.0

1 "Do you have a favorable, unfavorable or neutral opinion of George W. Bush?"

John Kerry Favorability Rating

Poll	Date	Favorable	Unfavorable	No opinion	Sample	MoE
Rasmussen¹	October 25, 2004	46%	54%	0%	500 LV	± 4.5
Rasmussen¹	October 12, 2004	46%	52%	2%	500 LV	± 4.5
Rasmussen¹	September 27, 2004	42%	53%	5%	500 LV	± 4.5
Rasmussen¹	September 8, 2004	40%	48%	12%	500 LV	± 4.5

1 "Do you have a favorable or an unfavorable impression of John Kerry?"

John Kerry Favorability Rating

Poll	Date	Favorable	Unfavorable	Neutral	No opinion	Sample	MoE
KELO-TV / Argus Leader¹	May 10-12, 2004	27%	39%	33%	1%	800 LV	± 3.5
KELO-TV / Argus Leader¹	February 5-7, 2004	33%	21%	43%	3%	800 LV	± 3.5

1 "Do you have a favorable, unfavorable or neutral opinion of John Kerry?"

Howard Dean Favorability Rating

Poll	Date	Favorable	Unfavorable	Neutral	No opinion	Sample	MoE
KELO-TV / Argus Leader¹	February 5-7, 2004	13%	45%	38%	4%	800 LV	± 3.5

1 "Do you have a favorable, unfavorable or neutral opinion of Howard Dean?"

Candidate Issue Handling

Issue¹	Candidate	September 8, 2004	September 27, 2004	October 12, 2004
The economy	George W. Bush	51%	48%	54%
	John Kerry	41%	36%	41%
	No opinion	8%	16%	5%
National defense and the war on terror	George W. Bush	55%	55%	54%
	John Kerry	38%	34%	38%
	No opinion	7%	11%	8%
The situation in Iraq	George W. Bush	---	54%	54%
	John Kerry	---	35%	40%
	No opinion	---	11%	6%
Gay marriage	George W. Bush	54%	---	---
	John Kerry	30%	---	---
	No opinion	16%	---	---
Gun control	George W. Bush	55%	---	---
	John Kerry	30%	---	---
	No opinion	15%	---	---
Creating jobs	George W. Bush	48%	---	---
	John Kerry	41%	---	---
	No opinion	11%	---	---
Poll		Rasmussen	Rasmussen	Rasmussen
Sample		500 LV	500 LV	500 LV
MoE		± 4.5	± 4.5	± 4.5

1 "Who do you trust more on...?"