Alabama: Bush 52% Kerry 38%

Sunday, July 11, 2004

In Alabama, the latest Rasmussen Reports survey shows President Bush leading by 14 percentage points over Senator Kerry.

The 52% to 38% margin for the President is similar to his sixteen point victory in the state four years ago. In Election 2000, Bush carried Alabama by a 57% to 41% margin.

In last month's Alabama poll, Bush was ahead 57% to 36% in

Bush leads by more than 20 points among Alabama Investors. He has a much smaller lead among non-Investors.

Kerry leads Bush leads by 20 points among voters not affiliated with either of the major parties.

Sixty-four percent (64%) of all Alabama voters Approve of the way President Bush is performing his job. That's up four points from a month ago and way above his national Job Approval rating. Even 40% of Alabama Democrats give the President's job performance their approval.

Data for Alabama will be updated again early next month. Our recent state releases included Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, and Washington.

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This data has been compiled from a national telephone survey of 15,000 Likely Voters conducted by Rasmussen Reports from June 1-30, 2004. Each night, 500 interviews with Likely Voters were conducted. National results for the survey during that time frame show that President Bush and Senator Kerry each attracted 45% of the vote. State-by-state samples carry a margin of error that varies from +/- 3 percentage points to +/- 5 percentage points depending upon the state. Data for California, Texas, and New York carries a 3 percentage point margin of error. For Florida, Alabama, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Michigan, the margin of error is +/- 4 percentage points. For all other states, the margin of error is +/- 5 percentage points. In all cases, the margin of error is expressed with a 95% level of confidence. In some states, oversampling and supplemental interviews were used to obtain an adequate sample size for reporting purposes.

State data from National Survey of 15,000 Likely Voters
June 1-30, 2004

Alabama 2004 Presidential Ballot
Bush	52%
Kerry	38%
Other	4%
Not Sure	5%
RasmussenReports.com

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