(ASKED 3-WAY WHERE NADER ON BALLOT AND 2-WAY OTHERWISE) Thinking about the elections in November, if the election for president were held today and the candidates were Republican George Bush and the Democrat John Kerry -- for whom would you vote -- George Bush or John Kerry?

TotalJohn Kerry 48
Lean John Kerry 2
George Bush 45
Lean George Bush 2
Ralph Nader 1
Lean Ralph Nader 0
(Other) 0
Lean (Other) -
(Undecided) 2
(Refused) 1

Total John Kerry 50
Total George Bush 47
Total Ralph Nader 1
Total (Other) 0
Total (Undecided/Refused) 2

The latest Rasmussen Reports Presidential Tracking Poll shows President George W. Bush with 48% of the vote and Senator John Kerry with 46%. The Tracking Poll is updated daily by noon Eastern. Today's update is based entirely upon interviews completed after the final Presidential Debate.

With less than three weeks remaining in the race for the White House, Senator John Kerry shaves two-points from President Bush’s lead (Kerry 44%, Bush 46%), according to a new Reuters/Zogby daily tracking poll. The telephone poll of 1211 likely voters was conducted from Thursday through Saturday (October 14-16, 2004). The margin of error is +/- 2.9 percentage points.

Pollster John Zogby: "The third debate is now registering among voters and Kerry had a good day, leading by two points today alone. He now is behind by only two overall. He managed today to regain a good lead among 18-29 year olds (especially 18-24 year olds, who he will need on November 2 to win). He also has consolidated his lead among Hispanics and is now only yielding 12 points to Bush among Democrats.

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