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September 27, 2004
PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL JOHN KERRY HAS A 7.6% LEAD OVER PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH ACCORDING TO NEWLY RELEASED RESULTS IN THE WHYY WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY POLL Presidential hopeful John Kerry has a 7.6% lead over President George W. Bush according to newly released results in the WHYY West Chester University Poll. The poll, conducted by West Chester University’s Center for Social and Economic Research, questioned 600 Delaware voters about how they would vote if the election were held today. According to the poll, which has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.9 percentage points, Kerry (D) would receive 42.5%; President Bush would receive 37.6%; Ralph Nader would receive .5%; and another candidate would receive .8%. There are 15.9% undecided voters in the presidential race according to this poll. The sample of Delaware voters was taken between Wednesday, September 22 and Saturday, September 25. The state of Delaware has three electoral votes. In other state races, if the election were held today incumbent Ruth Ann Minner (D) would receive 42.4% of the votes; challenger William Lee (R) would receive 26.2%; and another candidate would receive 1.7%. The undecided vote in this race is 29.7%. This also has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.9%. In the race for Congress, incumbent Michael Castle (R) has a 6.3% lead over challenger Paul Donnelly (D), who would receive 14.8% of the vote. Another candidate would receive .5% of the vote. The undecided vote totals 23.4%. The WHYY West Chester University Poll was first released on WHYY’s daily news program, WHYY Delaware Tonight at 5:30 on Monday, September 27, and will be rebroadcast on 91FM’s Morning Edition on Tuesday, September 28 at 6:00 a.m. This is the first of three presidential election polls that will be released by WHYY, the region’s leading public broadcasting station, and West Chester University’s Center for Social and Economic Research, a highly respected polling center. The second two polls will look at races and issues in Pennsylvania. These results will be released in the weeks before the election. This is the first time that WHYY and West Chester University joined forces in an election poll project. ###