According to a recent Associated Press poll:
83% say Kerry is intelligent, compared with 63% who view Bush as intelligent.
90% view the president as wealthy while 85% see Kerry as wealthy.
50% said Bush makes them feel more optimistic about America, 44% chose Kerry.
2/3 in the poll think the president is decisive, a 22-point and the biggest character advantage the president has over Kerry. Bush's re-election team spent more than $80 million during the spring trying to portray Kerry as a flip-flopper and a tax raiser. While the president has been unable to gain a lead in the race against Kerry, his campaign succeeded in raising doubts about Kerry's willingness to take a stand. Kerry played a role in that perception after voting to authorize the war in Iraq and then struggled to explain his views on war when it was clear many Democratic voters in the primaries were opposed.
Bush's confidence and unwillingness to change his stand despite opposition are viewed negatively by some. 52% said he's arrogant, 44% view Kerry that way.
The poll asked voters whether they would or would not use each of seven words — likable, intelligent, decisive, compassionate, honest, arrogant and wealthy — to describe Bush and then Kerry. Kerry and Bush are evenly matched on who was more compassionate, honest and likable.
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83% say Kerry is intelligent, compared with 63% who view Bush as intelligent.
90% view the president as wealthy while 85% see Kerry as wealthy.
50% said Bush makes them feel more optimistic about America, 44% chose Kerry.
2/3 in the poll think the president is decisive, a 22-point and the biggest character advantage the president has over Kerry. Bush's re-election team spent more than $80 million during the spring trying to portray Kerry as a flip-flopper and a tax raiser. While the president has been unable to gain a lead in the race against Kerry, his campaign succeeded in raising doubts about Kerry's willingness to take a stand. Kerry played a role in that perception after voting to authorize the war in Iraq and then struggled to explain his views on war when it was clear many Democratic voters in the primaries were opposed.
Bush's confidence and unwillingness to change his stand despite opposition are viewed negatively by some. 52% said he's arrogant, 44% view Kerry that way.
The poll asked voters whether they would or would not use each of seven words — likable, intelligent, decisive, compassionate, honest, arrogant and wealthy — to describe Bush and then Kerry. Kerry and Bush are evenly matched on who was more compassionate, honest and likable.
Come get a laugh at DUMP BUSH