Missouri: Bush 48% Kerry 44%

Thursday, July 08, 2004

In Missouri, the latest Rasmussen Reports survey shows President Bush with 48% of the vote and Senator Kerry with 44%. Four years ago, Bush won the state of Missouri by a narrow 50% to 47% margin.

These results represent a slight improvement for the President compared to the prior month. In that earlier survey, Bush was up by a single point, 44% to 43%. However, despite the improvement, Missouri remains in the "Toss-up" category for our Electoral College projections.

Among Missouri Investors, Bush leads 53% to 43%. However, among non-Investors, Kerry has a three-point edge, 46% to 43%.

In Missouri, 53% of all voters Approve of the way President Bush is performing his job. That's down a point from a month ago but slightly above his national Job Approval rating.

Among voters who are not affiliated with either major political party, 58% give the President's performance their Approval.

Data for Missouri will be updated again early next month.

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Scott Rasmussen, president of Rasmussen Reports, has been an independent pollster for more than a decade.

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, Illinois, 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.

Survey of 15,000 Likely Voters
June 1-30, 2004

Missouri 2004 Presidential Ballot
Bush	48%
Kerry	44%
Other	4%
Not Sure	5%
RasmussenReports.com

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