Voters Say Third Debate Was a Tie
Voters have decided that the third Presidential debate was a tie.
A Rasmussen Reports survey of 1,000 Likely Voters conducted the night following the debate found that 44% believe John Kerry "won" Wednesday night's debate while 41% disagree and think George Bush emerged victorious. The survey's margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% Level of Confidence.
Kerry voters, by an 87% to 3% margin, say that their man won. Bush voters, by a 79% to 5% said the same about their candidate. This is similar to results for the second debate. In the first debate, voters declared Kerry the victor by a double digit margin.
Still, regardless of who they want to win, 50% of those surveyed believe George W. Bush will be re-elected. That's down from 53% following each of the previous debates.
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